Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 1 día. Acudí a una entrevista en Arista Networks (Burnaby, BC) en may 2017
Entrevista
Interview was strictly technical (no HR interview). A one on one interview was given. The exercise given was programming (on Linux VI editor) in C with a ~45 minute limit of 4 functions that dealt with singly linked lists. Functions included: create linked list, insert node at head and insert node at head of linked list of fixed size (must delete tail of linked list if full) and one more that I did not have time to answer. I did not have time to compile and debug the code. As well interviewer asked questions regarding generating test cases for each function and questions regarding the logic of the code and linked lists in general.
Overall interviewer weighs too heavily on the exercise and does not consider other candidate qualifications such as prior experience in programming or projects. You have to be very careful and not make more than one or two mistakes throughout the entire exercise, otherwise I suspect an instant fail. As well, you have to be quick in writing out the code and answering any additional questions the interviewer may have. I followed up with the interviewer regarding what they wanted to see and they gave generic advice such as practice more or take code competitions.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Describe test cases for each function. As well, describe inputs and expected outputs of each function.
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