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Updated 21 Jan 2025

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Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Find the memory of the given structure (Struct padding is the hint)
  • Ans. 

    The question asks to find the memory of a given structure by considering struct padding.

    • Struct padding refers to the unused bytes added to align the members of a structure.

    • To find the memory of a structure, we need to consider the size of each member and the padding added.

    • The total memory of a structure is the sum of the sizes of its members and the padding.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Write code to find the position of a number in a BST
  • Ans. 

    Code to find the position of a number in a BST

    • Implement a recursive function to traverse the BST

    • Compare the target number with the current node value

    • If the target is smaller, go to the left subtree; if larger, go to the right subtree

    • Repeat until the target is found or the subtree is null

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Create a Trie data structure and perform insertion and search on it.
  • Ans. 

    A Trie is a tree-like data structure used for efficient retrieval of strings. It supports insertion and search operations.

    • A Trie is also known as a prefix tree.

    • Each node in the Trie represents a character.

    • The root node represents an empty string.

    • Each node can have multiple children, each representing a different character.

    • Insertion involves traversing the Trie and creating new nodes as needed.

    • Search involves traversing...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Arista Networks Senior Software Engineer interview:
  • Data Structures
  • OS
  • C

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Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Nth Prime Number Problem Statement Find the Nth prime number given a number N. Explanation: A prime number is greater than 1 and is not the product of two smaller natural numbers. A prime number has exactly two distinct positive divisors: 1... read more
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SDE-2 Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 24 Dec 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Q1 - Delete all entries of a given number from a linked list.
Q2 - Find inorder traversal of a BST (with and without recursion).

SDE-2 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Maximum Frequency NumberNinja is given an array of integers that contain numbers in random order. He needs to write a program to find and return the number which occurs the maximum times in the given input. He needs your help to solve this ... read more
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Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 26 Jul 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. You Have a Data Stream and integers are coming at each second you have to identify the erroneous values.

Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Binary search and design a data-structure to do insert, delete and get random in O(1)

Software Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Maximum Subarray SumGiven an array of numbers, find the maximum sum of any contiguous subarray of the array. For example, given the array [34, -50, 42, 14, -5, 86], the maximum sum would be 137, since we would take elements 42, 14, -5, and ... read more
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 Decision Test

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Sep 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

There were 2 coding questions and 20 aptitude questions. Coding questiins were based in trees and graphs

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Mainly dsa, oops questions were asked
  • Q2. Find cycle in linked list
  • Ans. 

    Use Floyd's Tortoise and Hare algorithm to detect cycle in a linked list.

    • Initialize two pointers, slow and fast, at the head of the linked list.

    • Move slow pointer by one step and fast pointer by two steps.

    • If they meet at any point, there is a cycle in the linked list.

    • If fast pointer reaches the end of the list, there is no cycle.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Whatever you write in resume, prepare it nicely.

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Softwaretest Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What is boundary value analysis? How do u perform boundary value testing for User ID & Password textfields in login page?
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

DSA round of 1 hour and asked 2 Medium level LC questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. High level design of a cache
  • Ans. 

    A cache is a high-speed data storage layer that stores a subset of data, typically transient in nature, so that future requests for that data are served faster.

    • Define the cache size and eviction policy

    • Choose a suitable data structure for the cache (e.g. hashmap, linked list)

    • Implement methods for adding, retrieving, and removing data from the cache

    • Consider concurrency control mechanisms to handle multiple access to the ...

  • Answered by AI

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Software Development Engineer II Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Given 2 large numeric comma seperated strings. You need to calculate their sum along with maintaining the correct position of commas. Example Test Case - s1 - "123,456,788" s2 - "1" output - "123,456,789" constraints - since the strings can... read more
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Staff Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Ganeshkumar Abli

posted on 27 Feb 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Design a routing table with insert delete and forward functionality. Define its class also
  • Ans. 

    Design a routing table with insert, delete, and forward functionality in a defined class.

    • Create a class called RoutingTable with methods for insert, delete, and forward

    • Use a data structure like a hash table or tree to store routing information

    • Implement insert method to add new routes, delete method to remove routes, and forward method to look up and forward packets

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Can be solved with trie max prefix matching based

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Staff Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Swap Adjacent Bit PairsYou are given an integer 'N'. Your task is to find the number formed after swapping each even bit of 'N' in its binary representation with its adjacent bit on the right, assuming that the least significant bit is an o... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Nov 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Javascript basics - event loop, type conversion, call apply bind
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Design discussion, current project

Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Had codility pad with multiple C/C++ questions
max sum sub array
bit wise operation
template class

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare Deep C/C++ as they expect basics to be strong

Senior Software Engineer 1 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Architecture Design for an e2e system that takes input from user to the response shown to the user
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QA Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 20 Nov 2023

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Oct 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell us about yourself
  • Q2. Tell me about your work experience

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just come prepared with ur skills and don't panic as interviewer makes you quite comfy before starting.

QA Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 80 pairs of socks in a dark room, 40 black, 40 white, how many minimum number of socks need to be taken out to get 15 pairs of socks
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Arista Networks Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Arista Networks interview?
Arista Networks interview process usually has 1-2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Arista Networks interview process are Technical, Coding Test and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for Arista Networks interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Arista Networks. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Arista Networks expect are C++, C, Python, Linux and WiFi.
What are the top questions asked in Arista Networks interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Arista Networks interview -

  1. In a todo application a user's data is supposed to be synced in multiple device...read more
  2. Design a ticket booking platform(Core problem: How would you prevent concurrent...read more
  3. Find the memory of the given structure (Struct padding is the hi...read more
How long is the Arista Networks interview process?

The duration of Arista Networks interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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