Arista Networks Software Engineer interview experience

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CanadaPosted Feb 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went into the coding portion expecting a typical guided setup, but it ended up being very tool-dependent.

I had to SSH into their server and debug a pointer-related coding problem in C++. There wasn’t a whiteboard to visualize the problem, and I was only given a small window of time to use paper late in the session.

The overall structure still followed a straightforward rhythm: a coding round, then two technical interviews, and finally an HR round. The technical interviews were time-boxed (with 1 hour each for the technical parts and about half an hour for HR), and the core of the work stayed centered on debugging and reasoning in the environment they provided. It felt like a test of whether I

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