Arista Networks Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

CanadaPosted Jun 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went into the process expecting the recruiter to look at my fit, but the HR chat quickly soured.

The call started with her essentially telling me that, based on dissecting my resume, she didn’t think I was a good fit and wouldn’t move me forward. It felt especially strange because the meeting had already been scheduled, so I couldn’t tell whether I was being screened or turned away at the last second.

She then pointed to relocation timing as the reason—she said because I wasn’t willing to relocate immediately, they couldn’t interview me further. What threw me off was that the role I applied for was advertised as remote. Overall it was a very short, uncomfortable conversation, and I

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