Test Automation Interview Experience - Cambridge, Massachusetts
Process
The company has a bunch of asinine, clueless recruiters that act like they can screen talented engineers. Let me tell you about the ignorant recruiters out there. Only good engineers can screen good engineers. Bean counters should stick with bean counting.
The skill of quickly answering an asinine syntax question regarding an asinine programming language like C++ is not an engineering skill. This is a bean-counting skill.
These companies are producing massive amounts of spaghetti code until they get crushed by the sheer weight of their stupidity. I have a feeling this Titanic will get a deep gash in the near future. More than 70,000 servers deployed. Are you kidding me? Time to short this pig.
Questions
A bean counter was gauging my engineering skills by asking dumb questions.
When did a bean counter think: What is the DNA of a talented software engineer?
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Interview Statistics
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Success Rate
Akamai Technologies's interview process for their Test Automation roles in Cambridge, Massachusetts is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Akamai Technologies's Test Automation interview process in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Akamai Technologies Work Experiences
- 4.0Flexible, Great Management, Slow PaceSenior Applications Developer • Current EmployeeCambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesJune 1, 2012Pros: Employees take as much time off as needed; there is no defined number. Very flexible work environment with great management.Cons: The size of a company can complicate communication.
- 5.0Akamai is a great place to work!Software Engineer Intern • Current EmployeeCambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesOctober 23, 2013Pros: My coworkers treat each other like family. They make sure I feel like I'm a valued member of the team. My work is appreciated. Tom Leighton <3Cons: Most of my coworkers are much older than me. Akamai does not have many female executives. The culture is a bit more professional than I'd like.
- 4.0Lots of enthusiastic peopleSenior QA Engineer • Former EmployeeCambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesOctober 1, 2020Pros: Exciting work environment: energetic people, modern, comfortable workplace, and excellent support for engineers' needs.Cons: There were very few co-workers at my level (individual contributor) who were in my age range. I felt out of place due to my age (I was 57 when I left employment at Akamai). Often I felt ignored by co-workers (not by managers). During social events, it was extremely difficult for me to be accepted into conversations, much more so at Akamai than at other positions I've held. Though most people would rate Akamai 5 stars for diversity and inclusion, I give them only 2 stars because I felt the culture is not accepting of older workers. This is not something most people think of when they think of "diversity and inclusion", but as you become an older worker in the tech industry, you realize these concepts should definitely encompass age diversity as well as race, religion, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
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