Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 3 giorni. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Arista Networks (Burnaby, BC)
Colloquio
Interviewed twice, process has changed, but misleading information remains. They say that you don't need to be an expert in C/C++ but only ask low level C questions, not suitable if you are coming from a different language or not a recent CS graduate. They say you don't need to be an expert but also that you need to be very prepared. It's contradictory statements like this, plus pushy recruiters that make for a terrible and confusing experience. They'll say to take time to prepare, but then ask you to meet their hiring timeline. The new strategy is to e-mail candidates a wall of text with needless and exhaustive amounts of information. The work must be very tedious and annoying if the first level of screening is to put up with the recruiting process itself.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un selezionatore. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Arista Networks nel mese di giu 2026
Colloquio
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
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Arista Networks (Vancouver, BC)
Colloquio
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