Top 10% of jobs I've worked
Top 10% of jobs I've worked
Diversity isn't a buzzword. The percentage of non-white, cis-gendered male engineers is higher than any place I've worked.
Different perspectives are valued.
A good mix of consensus and decisiveness.
Haven't found any jerks.
Smart, helpful people.
Some technology is ancient. Sometimes this makes no difference (Bugzilla is about as good as Jira).
Sometimes it is a hassle (P4 is unpleasant compared to Git).
In some areas, this might hurt the company. Parts of Linux that weren't great 15 years ago got replaced with custom solutions. Now Linux handles this stuff well, and the custom solutions are a bit hard to maintain.
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Akamai Technologies Interview Questions
Akamai Technologies Interview Experiences
Test Automation
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 cou
Software Engineer Co-Op
The first round was with the hiring manager. He was very friendly and asked behavioral questions. Most of the questions were based on work style. After a week, I received a HackerRank assessment which had 3 questions. They weren't exactly LeetCode s
Senior Performance Engineer
HR Telephonic (semi-technical, for 30 minutes) Project Manager Telephonic (technical, 30 minutes) 4 hours of onsite. This was a waste of time. They asked the same questions again and again, and a few people didn't know what they were talking about.
Test Automation
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesJanuary 1, 2012The 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 cou
Software Engineer Co-Op
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesApril 1, 2023The first round was with the hiring manager. He was very friendly and asked behavioral questions. Most of the questions were based on work style. After a week, I received a HackerRank assessment which had 3 questions. They weren't exactly LeetCode s
Senior Performance Engineer
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesJuly 21, 2014HR Telephonic (semi-technical, for 30 minutes) Project Manager Telephonic (technical, 30 minutes) 4 hours of onsite. This was a waste of time. They asked the same questions again and again, and a few people didn't know what they were talking about.
