Akamai Interview Questions

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Excerpts from Interview #1:

(CGPA 6.77 in Graduation, 84% in 12th and 78.4% in 10th).

Technical Interview:

What is SDLC?
Is BCNF better than 2NF & 3NF? Why?
"A class is a template for an object" explain this statement.
Write an SQL query to obtain the 2nd highest salary.
Explain your summer project.
What is cookies in networking ?

HR Interview:

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Why do you want to work with Akamai?
What are the latest developments in the cloud platform?
Do you handle conflict well?
How do you plan to achieve these goals?
How do you evaluate success?
Describe a situation in which you were successful.
Have you ever had a conflict with a boss or professor? How did you resolve it?

Excerpts from Interview #2:

(CGPA 7.2 in Graduation, 65% in 12th and 82% in 10th.)

Technical interview:

What is the difference between quicksort & mergesort? When should they be used? What is their running time?
Is linked list a linear or non-linear data structure?
How to declare objects of a class ?
What do you know about the latest android version Lollipop?
What is HttpURL connection ?

HR Interview:

Tell us about yourself & your family background?
Are you ready to handle a team under pressure? How will you manage them?
What are your aspirations?
Why do you have such a low score in 12th?
What changes would you make at your college?
How has your education prepared you for your career?
What were your favorite classes? Why?
Do you enjoy doing independent research?
Who were your favorite professors? Why?
Why is your GPA not higher?

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Excerpts from Interview #3:

(CGPA 7.54 in Graduation, 75% in 12th and 84% in 10th.)

Technical interview:

What data structures are used to perform recursion?
How will you reverse a singly-link list?
What is a stack class ?
Define datagrams in networking.
Explain various On-Delete options in a DB table. Which is the default option?

HR Interview:

Tell us about yourself.
How do you plan to improve upon our product/company?
Have you ever had a problem with your peer? Tell us how you handled it.
How long can you commit to work with us?
Tell me about a time when you were unable to complete a project on time.
Tell me about a time when you had to make an important decision with limited facts.

Excerpts from Interview #4:

(CGPA 6.44 in Graduation, 81% in 12th and 89% in 10th.)

Technical interview:

What is a B+ tree?
State the merge-sort principle and its time complexity.
What is constant keyword in C++? Illustrate its various uses.
What is method overloading in JAVA? Why is it not present in C ?
What will happen if a thrown exception is not handled?
Tell me about networking classe and interfaces.

HR Interview:

Tell us about yourself.
What do you know about our competitors?
Walk us through your resume.
A lot of companies have visited your campus for recruitments, why haven’t you been placed yet?
Tell me about a time when you were creative in solving a problem.
Do you have any location preferences?
How familiar are you with the community that we're located in?
Will you relocate? In the future?
Are you willing to travel? How much?

Excerpts from Interview #5:

(CGPA 8.4 in Graduation, 76% in 12th and 86% in 10th.)

Technical interview:

Explain an algorithm to find depth of a binary tree.
Given a singly linked list, how will you print out its contents in the reverse order? Can you do it with consuming any extra space?
Define Multiprogramming and Multiprocessing.
What are access specifiers ?
Differentiate between pre-emptive and non-pre-emptive scheduling.
Differentiate between nested and inner class.

HR Interview:

Tell us about yourself.
Why do you think you’re a suitable candidate for this job?
What do you do daily to improve your knowledge?
Can you perform under pressure?
What major problem have you had to deal with recently?
Do you handle pressure well?
What is your greatest strength?
What is your greatest weakness?
If I were to ask one of your professors to describe you, what would he or she say?
Why did you choose to attend your college?
What changes would you make at your college?

Excerpts from Interview #6:

(A CGC landran student having 10th grade- 82% 12th grade-70.3% and graduation score-70.56%)

Technical interview and HR Interview:

Main functions of Java?
What do you mean by data hiding?
What do you by Function Overloading?
What is JDBC?
Explain the key functions of data binding?
What is the use of pointers in C?
Explain the importance of method overloading?
What are compile time Errors?
What is Abstraction?

HR Interview:

Tell us about projects undertaken by you
How can you contribute to the company?
Why should we hire you?
Would your rather work with information or with people?
Are you a team player?
What motivates you?
Why should I hire you?
Are you a goal-oriented person?

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