Me postulé a través de un reclutador. Acudí a una entrevista en Arista Networks
Entrevista
I got contacted via LinkedIn by a HR, and then was scheduled for a phone screen. My interviewer was professional and asked me very C specific questions and some questions related to OS. I unfortunately was not up-to-date with C and pointers, so I did not do well.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
How to reverse a doubly linked list in C.
Some OS/C specific questions like guess how much memory a particular structure takes etc.
Me postulé a través de un reclutador. Acudí a una entrevista en Arista Networks en jun 2026
Entrevista
Pros:
Great initial approach – the recruiter thoroughly checked my GitHub profile and projects before the interview, which is very uncommon and shows they do their homework.
Cons:
A major mismatch between the job description ("Software Engineer C++") and the actual interview reality. The technical stage on CoderPad strictly tests bare-metal C98 skills: raw pointers, manual bitwise operations, and packing bytes into 64-bit integers. If you are accustomed to modern C++ (RAII, templates, safe memory management), this will feel like a massive step backward. Additionally, the time expectations for live low-level bit-shifting were unrealistic, to the point where the interviewer started solving the task themselves.
Interview was kind and not stressful, just minor mismatch of naming
Acudí a una entrevista en Arista Networks (Vancouver, BC)
Entrevista
Pretty good, not too complicated, was comfortable. Mostly LC questions, and was easy enough that you should be able to do it after doing NC150. good luck for the interview!
Starts with online test, then three rounds of technical interviews follow.
Not a lot of discussion, just go straight to the technical challenges which have to be solved in time