J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 6 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Arista Networks (Burnaby, BC) en janv. 2015
Entretien
The process started with an on-site interview where I was asked some knowledge questions about C++ and objects (such as const situations, virtual method table behaviour, polymorphism, and referencing non-virtual methods). This initial interview also included a simple coding exercise in the style of an ACM programming contest question.
The second interview had two parts, each with a different interviewer. The first part involved designing a stack. The second part was a discussion about data in EXEs and memory, including code, constants, variables, and parameters. We also talked about endianness and how variable-argument routine (e.g. printf) calls are structured on the stack.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
I was asked to design a C++ stack that could handle arbitrarily-sized data for multiple different clients. This turned out to be simpler that it initially seemed, as the data size was fixed in advance for each client and thread-safety was not a concern.
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