Arista Networks Software Engineer interview experience

After an initial online test step for the role, the interviewer showed up pleasant and straightforward, and it quickly felt comfortable. For this style of interview, the emphasis was on basic introductions and getting a sense of how I worked.

In the sessions that followed, the format still stayed simple: I connected to their recruitment server via SSH and solved questions in a Linux environment, with the main expectation being comfort with command-line tooling and editing/debugging workflows like vim/emacs and gcc/gdb. In another round focused more on role fit, the questions leaned toward