Arista SDE 2 Interview Experience

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Hi All,

Time to give back to the community.

YOE - 3yrs 10months
Current Company - MNC (Bank)
Current CTC - 21.4 LPA + 10% Variable

Got approached by recruiter on linkedin.

It was a 3 round process, DSA , System Design, HM.

Round 1 :

Interviewer asked for the preferred language. I went ahead with java.
1st Question - Find number of segments whose sum is zero. Straight forward prefix sum with hashing.
Follow Up - Modify the program so that it will work for any sum.
2nd Question - More on java basics. Question was where we have three different methods, one with int parameter, next with int[] parameter, lastly with an object of a class. All three methods were changing the values of the parameter. Need to figure out what will be the impact on those objects.

funA(int a) {a++} ;
funB(int[] a) {a[0] = 1} ;
funC(Object a) {a.value++} ;

main(){
int a = 0 ;
int[] b = {0 , 1} ;
Object c = new SomeClass() ;
funA(a) , funB(b) , funC(c) ;
print a
print b
print c
}

above is just a psuedo code.

Got a call after 1 week for scheduling the next round which was scheduled 3 weeks later, It was an in-person interview.

This was my first in-person interview so was bit nervous.

Round 2 :
We had some discussion around the my past projects and why some of the technologies were used.

Interviewer asked to design an e-commerce system. Need to do it on white board.
The interview involved in-depth discussions across multiple areas.

Got a call in 2 hours that they are going ahead with the offer without the 3rd round.

Received Offer Last week:
Base : 28LPA
RSU - 45k USD (25% each year)
Bonus - 400,000
PF+Gratuity - 2.4 LPA

Location - Pune
Tech Stack - Go/Python

Total First Year Comp - 44.5 LPA

Also have couple of more offers in hand so will try to negotiate more.

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