Phone screening was quite general. The interviewer asked me about general data structure-related problem-solving questions. Those questions were quite easy. At the end of the call, the interviewer mentioned that I would get a call for an on-site interview. The on-site interview is scheduled for next week.

One interviewer asked me a couple of problem-solving questions, which were again simple ones to tackle. This interviewer was tapping his iPhone whenever my response to the questions started or ended. I'm not sure whether he was checking emails or recording my responses, which made me feel very uncomfortable.

Another interviewer mentioned that the position requires strong knowledge in OS internals (kernel threads, etc.; the job description says OS fundamentals). Another interviewer came in and asked me to explain my previous projects. She did not ask me any technical questions at all. During the second interviewer, I decided that this is not the kind of job I wanted. I was asked to brush up on very basics of networking concepts during the phone screening, and here I am asked about OS internals, kernel programming, etc.

Overall, Akamai's work is good and very impressive. But their interview process is not very professional compared to Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, and Amazon interview experiences. I felt I wasted a week of my good time preparing for the on-site interview, which I could have used to apply for other better opportunities. If you are not into Networking and OS internals (and you must possess thorough knowledge in those areas during the time of the interview), this is not the right company for you.

Write a program to simulate OS thrashing.

Write a module to reverse the words in a given string.