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      Systems Software Engineer Interview

      19 Oct 2012
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Boston, MA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Akamai (Boston, MA) in Oct 2012

      Interview

      Got a call from a recruiter. He asked some background question and then 3 technical question on networking. Th position asks C/C++ and TCP/IP knowledge 1. What is a DNS 2. Diff. between TCP/ UDP 3 Three way handshake protocol Next round a 30 minute technical interview with the manager. 1.What is a static variable 2.What is memory leak, how does C C++ handle this 3. what is the difference between int const var and int const *var 4. Virtual function 5. What happens next when you type a url in the browser Still waiting for the onsite interview call

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What is a SYN attack, How does server handles a SYN attack
      1 Answer
      5