I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Akamai
Interview
3-4 rounds of interview including a managerial round. 2 rounds will be dedicated on testing your application layer knowledge pertaining to HTTP, DNS, etc. This will be in depth. Another round may include your knowledge of trending attacks and how to defend them.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Akamai in Mar 2026
Interview
Three round process.
1st round > Deep dive into dns, tcp, tls and http
dns zones, tcp flags, tls and http status codes
2nd round> techno managerial all basics questions on networking > traceroute, ddos attacks, application layer attacks and basic managerial question
3rd round> another technical managerial round asked questions regarding ipsec session with firewall passthrough, dns deepdive scenario based, fragmentation
Extraordinary, it was best till date in my career. Interview process was agile with no hiccups. Overall team was supportive kept the communication going after each round.
Open discussion during interviews not sticking only with certain topics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Http/https concepts, DNS process, encryption and decryption.
Web attacks, OWASP, Dos and Ddos, layers of attacks, kill chain