My conclusion after a year spent at Akamai as a contractor
My conclusion after a year spent at Akamai as a contractor
Work-life balance at a high standard.
Decent technologies.
Great salaries.
Low quality projects due to risk minimization strategy.
Slow and often failing dependent systems.
Bad attitude towards contractors.
Some co-workers are hard to work with, including harassment towards new employees.
Lack of team spirit.
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Akamai Technologies Interview Experiences
Solution Architect
Since I don't care at all about money, I asked for the exact same salary I currently earn, instead of asking for 20% more than my current salary, which is what literally everybody does. The recruiter accused me of thinking only about money and made
SRE Engineer
It begins with exercises on HackerRank, followed by an HR interview, then two rounds of technical interviews assessing the candidate's skills. This process evaluates candidates for a position through various stages and forms of interaction.
Devops Engineer
They sent me an email with a link to their test. It was a virtual machine, and I had to do things on it. For example, some operations on a Linux system.
Solution Architect
KrakówAugust 27, 2025Since I don't care at all about money, I asked for the exact same salary I currently earn, instead of asking for 20% more than my current salary, which is what literally everybody does. The recruiter accused me of thinking only about money and made
SRE Engineer
KrakówMay 17, 2024It begins with exercises on HackerRank, followed by an HR interview, then two rounds of technical interviews assessing the candidate's skills. This process evaluates candidates for a position through various stages and forms of interaction.
Devops Engineer
KrakówApril 1, 2023They sent me an email with a link to their test. It was a virtual machine, and I had to do things on it. For example, some operations on a Linux system.
