I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Arista Networks (Santa Clara, CA) in Mar 2020
Interview
I spoke with 10 different people, including recruiter and hiring manager up to SVP. One interview was a technical evaluation with three people and was very tough. All conversations were on phone or zoom session.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How does EVPN work and what are the message types?
What should be configured on an EVPN spine switch regarding BGP?
What are the BGP loop prevention mechanisms?
What are the different spanning-tree protocols?
What process do you go through to design a network?
I interviewed at Arista Networks (London, England)
Interview
Fair process on the interview. Both the interviewers were technical and asked fair questions. I had an interview with the Talent team, hiring manager and then tech team. All of which were fair and gave an accurate reflection of the role
I applied online. I interviewed at Arista Networks (New Delhi) in Jun 2024
Interview
1 st round - Technical, 2nd round - HR. Job posted on linkedin. Simply easy apply on that. Intern opportunity for 1 year and may get extended for another 1 year as per performance
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions on TCP/IP, OSI Layers, Questions on optics.
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Arista Networks
Interview
First Round (Coding)
The first round focuses more on basic concepts of computer science/engineering.
Second Round (Problem solving, Design and Systems)
The second round interview is by a Software Engineering Manager at Arista. This round may go through
projects executed in your resume but will focus on problem solving and design skills. Knowledge of
standard data structures like Arrays, Linked Lists, Trees, Tries, Hash tables etc.
Systems Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Arista Networks with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Systems Engineer roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Arista Networks overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Arista Networks as a Systems Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Presentation: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
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