I applied through university. I interviewed at Arista Networks (Vancouver, BC) in Jan 2022
Interview
Pretty straightforward, as was asked to complete a live technical assessment in Java with an interviewer.
Interview was about 60 minutes long and had 4 parts
Standard topics covered: string and array manipulation
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was asked to program a class that calculated a moving (think sliding window) average across an array of numbers
I applied through university. I interviewed at Arista Networks (Burnaby, BC) in Feb 2026
Interview
2 questions using C, one about debugging a program, one leetcode easy question. Debugging question was quite low level (about memory alignment etc), leetcode was a linked list. Asked about resume projects/experiences too.
I applied online. I interviewed at Arista Networks (Dublin, Dublin) in Nov 2025
Interview
First round was a Hackerrank coding problem set that consisted of solving one problem to do with string manipulation. The problem was timed (42 min time limit) and the solution was reviewed by someone at Arista Networks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you take a string containing random characters and manipulate it so that you output the string in blocks of 3 with only alphanumeric characters in it.