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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      May 9, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Arista Networks in May 2024

      Interview

      There were 3 rounds: 1) 30min recruiter chat; 2) 1h coding; 3) 2h coding+design. They don't have a self-serve scheduling system, so the recruiter will CALL you to schedule a time and date, which is inconvenient and inefficient. In round 1), the recruiter has a very strong accent which was hard to understand. She kept boasting how good their company is. Round 2) was with one engineer, working on a leetcode easy-level problem, and a bunch of C-related questions. If you read other people's posts, you'll be well-prepared. It turns out that they keep using the same set of questions for years without updating. Round 3) was divided into 2 parts, the first hour was with one engineering manager, coding up a practical-ish problem accompanied by a bunch of questions. In the second hour another more senior manager joined, asking an Object-Oriented (OO) design question. It was very bizarre because their job post doesn't even mention OO. The senior manager was like from my parents' generation, having a typical vibe of being out of programming for decades but still being proud of the software knowledge he learned maybe 30 years ago. He seemed pretentious and very proud of the fact when he discovered that I'm not good at OO design and even questioned my education background with a smirk, which I found was very impolite. On contrary, what is covered in their job description, like networking knowledge, was not asked about at all. Some people say that they are hiring coders rather than engineers. I agree. My conclusion is that do not waste time on such pretentious scum. You're gonna spend your time on more worthy projects and people.

      Interview questions [5]

      Question 1

      Find the only missing number in a continuous sequence of integers.
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Locate a off-by-1 error in a C++ ctor, explain its consequence.
      Answer question

      Question 3

      Given a bunch of risky printf("%s", xxxxx); predict the output and explain.
      Answer question

      Question 4

      Design and code up a generic stack library.
      Answer question

      Question 5

      Design an elevator controller. (If you confront this one, you'll be rejected with high probability).
      Answer question
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      Other Senior Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Arista Networks

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Apr 21, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Austin, TX
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Arista Networks (Austin, TX) in Apr 2026

      Interview

      basics of c printfs. The patterns used in clg days was a bit confusing for a 15 yrs exp person like me. Dont know if its of any use on daily work as a SDE. Then BST programs 30mins 3 programs. Had written 2 and half and its correct for sure. Did ask for 5 extra mins to complete. But was denied. Keep strong in basics and expect interviewer a SE asian to be strict on time. I thought i would be in for 2nd given i answered most of them. But was rejected.

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Mar 8, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Arista Networks

      Interview

      First round: three medium level questions from Leetcode. Second round: how to implement a stack with generic elements; how to use gcc to debug. Third round: the interviewer not showing up.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      First round: three medium level questions from Leetcode. Second round: how to implement a stack with generic elements; how to use gcc to debug. Third round: the interviewer not showing up.
      Answer question

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Mar 3, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Bangalore Rural
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through other source. I interviewed at Arista Networks (Bangalore Rural) in Feb 2026

      Interview

      There were 3 rounds. First was DSA and C++ round. Second was design round LLD and HLD and last was the manager round. I got out in the first round. There were some c++ questions and one dsa of linked list

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Merge nodes between zeroes DSA question
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