applied through referral and got a call from HR and then Hiring Manager and many rounds of technical interviews with linode team.
It was not at a good feeling, some who interviewed me was nice and told that I am a great fit as the work I did in the past matches with their day to day and some were out right rude. I spoke with a bunch of polish folks who were off camera except one and they were demoralizing and they were stuck in the past. Most of the folks are at Akamai for 10+ years. I spent 5 hours on technical rounds and the least they can do is give some feedback. HR went cold after asking me to wait for two weeks because of holiday