J'ai postulé en personne. Le processus a pris 4 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Arista Networks (Burnaby, BC) en févr. 2019
Entretien
I attended a local event at Arista workplace in Burnaby and met the recruiting team. Then, I connected with some members and forwarded my Resume. I got a call from them in 1 week and we scheduled an interview.
My interview was not hard, but it was not fast enough in getting to the solution that would work given the constraints. So, I got a email later from them saying I didn't passed the first interview.
they don't ask any behavioural questions in the first one and it's all about coding and passing the test cases, fast enough. Also, show them the thinking process, so talk it out loud!!
Overall, the interviewer was nice all the time and he helped in some places as well. It was not a hard interview but some speed is required.
I had a done a lot of Data Structure and Algorithm practice but didn't got asked any of those. I guess those questions are saved for the next interviews.
Questions d'entretien [2]
Question 1
A Tracing of the code to find the output. Questions were regarding pointers and their *(ptr +i) kinda output
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. J'ai passé un entretien chez Arista Networks en juin 2026
Entretien
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
J'ai passé un entretien chez Arista Networks (Vancouver, BC)
Entretien
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