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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience

October 21, 2013
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Process

Horrible and frustrating experience. Boasted hiring innovative personnel, but really wanted to hire those they can control and who will follow the company's rules. Met with MIT alumni and other similarly "educated" personnel who touted their academics. Not a company and environment I felt that I can work happily and be creative.

Questions

No behavioral or best-fit questioning. Requirements of detailed explanations of algorithms taught and used only in graduate schools, not in the field.

Having frequently been on the hiring side and holding multiple academic degrees, I understand they are trying to weed out posers. Unfortunately, they weed out common sense, practicality, and experienced professionals with familiarity in qualifying business products.

Their methods only exposed that they were really looking for drones to fill their lines.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 23 interview experiences for the Akamai Technologies Senior Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

35%
Pass Rate

Akamai Technologies's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive39%
Neutral22%
Negative39%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Akamai Technologies's Senior Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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