Software Engineering applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineering roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 21 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cisco overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cisco as a Software Engineering according to 21 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 19%
Background check: 15%
Presentation: 11%
Skills test: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Drug test: 4%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Worcester, MA) in Oct 2013
Interview
On Campus interview through school. One on One interview with focus on projects I had completed. Went into the technical details of the projects as well as questions that arose from them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you could do [insert project] over, what would you do differently and why?
- 3 rounds of interviews. The first-round coding was a challenge, second round was a phone call with the recruiter, third round with folks from the team. Overall good interview, very understanding team. They new I was new at interviews and were looking for potential and interest.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about my projects and how it can apply to their job.
It wasn't bad. The questions were fairly easy and the time given was generous. The first part involves an online interview where they ask the programming questions followed then by some technical and behavioral questions.
I applied online and didn't hear back for a few months, got an update in December to check if I was still interested in the position. Interviewed in February, it was a Webex interview of forty-five minutes.