Arista Networks Software Engineer interview experience

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United KingdomPosted Oct 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first round was an online test on HackerRank, focused on basic C/C++ programming.

It felt pretty manageable as long as C++ wasn’t brand new to me.

Then I moved into what felt like a remote pair-programming style setup. For the second round, I logged into a server over SSH and worked in a text editor of my choice. The coding challenge was algorithmically more challenging, and I had to lean on data structures available in C++ STL containers.

The third round was similar but split into two interviews back-to-back, all still centered on that same SSH-and-text-editor flow. That whole sequence felt structured and slightly more intense as it went on. I did get an offer, and the

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