Juniper Networks Software Engineer interview experience

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San Jose, CAPosted Apr 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a technical phone screen, and then I moved to an onsite interview that included a smaller crowd of interviewers and multiple rounds.

The onsite portion felt intense because the evaluation moved quickly and stayed technical.

In the interviews, the topics centered on software verification-style fundamentals—specifically pre-silicon simulation basics. Two of the rounds focused on those kinds of SI concepts, where they wanted me to demonstrate that I understood the workflow and reasoning behind validating designs before hardware exists.

I didn’t get an offer. The overall impression I left with was that the bar was very specific: they weren’t looking for generic programming knowledge, they were trying to see whether my

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