Coding fluency
Implement an LRU cache. Explain your data structures, test capacity one, and walk through an eviction.
What a strong answer demonstrates
Correctness, edge cases, and time / space complexity.
Prepare for Akamai with a focused mix of coding, design, and communication. Start with your job description and confirm the interview loop with your recruiter.
6 Practice picks
3 Interview reports
5 Levels mapped
01 / MAKE YOUR NEXT SESSION COUNT
Your preparation, made concrete.
System design
Design a notification service. Clarify delivery guarantees, model the data, then handle retries and duplicate events.
What a strong answer demonstrates
Clear requirements, a working baseline, and explicit trade-offs.
Behavioral storytelling
Describe a technical decision you changed after receiving feedback. Explain your contribution and the outcome.
What a strong answer demonstrates
Specific actions, honest reflection, and measurable impact.
BEFORE YOU PRACTICE
Ask your recruiter.
Get the details that a generic company guide cannot know.
- Which team and level is this opening for, and what does success look like?
- What rounds, durations, and evaluation criteria should I prepare for?
- Which languages, tools, and AI assistance are permitted?
- Will design focus on frontend, backend, infrastructure, or another specialty?
- Are there accommodations or preparation materials I should request?
Akamai practice problems
Company-linked challenges and related lessons from our library. Not a prediction of your interview.
Challenge
Difficulty 8/10
Serialize and Deserialize a Binary Tree
Challenge
Difficulty 7/10
Two Sum from BST
Challenge
Difficulty 7/10
Design A Least Recently Used (LRU) Cache
Challenge
Difficulty 4/10
Implement a Graph
Challenge
Difficulty 8/10
How Many Strongly Connected
Challenge
Difficulty 7/10
Levenshtein Edit Distance
Real interview experiences
3 reports from candidates who interviewed at Akamai.
What people at Akamai say
Reviews originally posted on Glassdoor.
Smart people, compassionate company ethic, very professional treatment by management and peers.
Good benefits, good management and friendly working environment
Lots of knowledgable people, in specific technology areas
Treats employees exceptionally well, good parents are in management and snr management.
Great place to work, with good benefits, and fantastic work life balance.
Inside the workplace
About Akamai
A day at Akamai