Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 3 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Arista Networks (Santa Clara, CA)
Entrevista
An hour-long phone screen dealing with C related questions and hopefully, one coding question. Second round was F2F with an engineer/manager. I don't know of any other company which emphasizes on C so much. You should always look for generalists who are smart enough to write working code. Getting into the internal details of C is the old-school way of taking interviews. It just checks your knowledge (considering that all your questions are posted online) and I can see how the engineers over there are selected. Yuck. Left a sour taste. So not what I was looking for in a potential future employer.
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
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
Solicitud
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!