Software Development applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 2.7 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 Development roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Development according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Presentation: 17%
Group panel interview: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
I gave my resume in college career fair. They scheduled an interview in college campus after 3 weeks. The interview was for 30 mins.
Q1: Given a position, find the fibonacci number in that position?
Q2: Given two strings, find the common characters between those two?
Then asked random questions like advantages and disadvantages automated testing, hash table, caching, design an elevator system etc.,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked too many questions in 30 mins. She did not give enough time to optimize my solution.
90 minute online coding assessment, probably automatically given to all applicants. leetcode style questions. 3 questions, 1 easy, 2 medium difficulty. 3 questions, 1 easy, 2 medium difficulty. Have not heard back yet.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco in Oct 2020
Interview
After an online assessment, I had an interview with 3 engineers. It was both technical and behavioral, and it ended with a coding challenge. I had another interview with an engineering manager which was more behavioral in nature, and I got a chance to ask more questions about the team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would a 'perfect day' be like for you in a job?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
There were 5 rounds in total.
1st round was an online exam of 50 questions consisting DSA, Aptitude and general CS questions.
Then there were 3 technical interviews where mostly DSA questions and questions based on the Resume were asked.
Lastly, there was an HR round which was pretty straightforward.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is Public Key Infrastructure and how does it ensure security?