Process
This was a standard process.
I met with a recruiter who asked about my background and then sent me a coding challenge. I completed the challenge and was called for a second interview.
During the second interview, we did some live coding in a terminal, with approximately five mini coding challenges focusing on output prediction and data structures.
I advanced to the third round and met with the manager of the team. This round involved more advanced coding challenges, also conducted in a terminal.
After that round, I was informed that they were not interested in moving forward with me as a candidate. The challenges in the last round were binary tree manipulation based, likely at a LeetCode or HackerRank medium/hard level, though not as difficult as balancing or insertion on a red-black tree.
Questions
- What is the output of this code?
- How many bytes are in this data structure?
- Various coding challenges.
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Interview Statistics
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Arista Networks Work Experiences
- 5.0Good Balance, Few PerksSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaApril 1, 2025Pros: You will get good work-life balance.Cons: Not many perks are given.
- 4.0Great Wfh, Learnings, Low PaySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaJuly 28, 2025Pros: Culture, WFH, Growing Business, Plenty of LearningsCons: Less base than market standards.
- 2.0Toxic culture in IndiaSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaDecember 11, 2020Pros: Some of the brightest minds - charred due to toxic company culture.Cons: 1. Favouritism and sycophancy are at their peak in Arista, India. You would grow only if you do "chaplusi" of an exec. 2. There is no professional growth or designation upgrade for mid-senior level folks. 3. It is only good for freshers/juniors to use as a stepping stone. 4. The nature of work, salary, and perks are mediocre. You get to work only on maintenance, bug fixing in old products, and age-old proprietary tools. 5. HR is frugal, just like the rest of Arista, India.
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