Arista Interview Experiences

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  Arista Networks Software Engineer linked-list and tree interview experienceArista Networks · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026

  After recruiter outreach, I had a DSA-heavy technical interview about linked lists and trees. The interview focused on how I reasoned about memory and pointers, not only whether I reached the final code. It lasted about an hour, and the interviewer was chill. I had to explain storage and memory use while building or tracing a solution, then answer follow-ups on traversal and pointer behavior. In…

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  Arista Networks Software Engineer live coding interviewArista Networks · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026

  The process felt simple and organized. After a short recruiter-style beginning, I entered live technical rounds. A few people took turns asking questions while I worked in real time. The session lasted about an hour and combined behavioral questions grounded in my resume with one LeetCode-style problem. I also went through a similar three-step process in which every stage involved live coding. Th…

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  Arista Networks Software Engineer interview: relocation conflict after a 15-minute callArista Networks · Software Engineer · Jun 2026

  Rejected

  I had a very short conversation with a recruiting coordinator, about 15 minutes. She said right away, after going through my resume, that she did not think I was a fit and would not move me forward. Since the meeting was still on the calendar, it felt pointless. She explained that the issue was a mix of logistics and preference. Because I did not want to relocate immediately, they said an intervi…

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  Rejected After Solving Both Problems OptimallyArista · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Feb 2026

  Rejected

  There were two questions total: one palindrome string problem, one missing number problem. After I finished each one, they asked me for the time and space complexity. There were no resume questions, no other questions, not even a self-introduction. Overall the questions weren't hard. For the palindrome one, I considered the case where the string is "", but I didn't consider the case where it's di…

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  One-and-Done After a C/C++ ScreenArista · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Oct 2025

  Rejected

  Arista — one round and done, Vancouver, network systems team. A lot of new openings got posted toward the end of the year — maybe they'd just opened up a new team? The one round was a VO, purely technical. After a five-minute self-introduction they went straight into problems. They used CoderPad, and most of the questions had already shown up on the forum. Questions and discussion They asked abou…