I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cisco (Toronto, ON) in Nov 2013
Interview
Interview with an agency first and then with a hiring manager. very simple questions. Straight to the point. A lot of questions on why you want to work for cisco and on my previous experience. Some questions were very technical
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Cisco (Belgrade, Central Serbia)
Interview
First there was a call with the recruiter, then an interview with the team. During the interview, they gave a test task to check SQL knowledge (I had to write code on a whiteboard) — it wasn’t too hard (I’d prepared with ChatGPT, and the interview questions were clearly taken from it as well). I’m not quite sure why I was rejected, since everything seemed to go well.
Very professional and standard.
Intro call from recruiter and then a chat with the hiring manager.
Then you work your way through the phases as usual meeting various members of the department.
Everyone very nice and professional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you okay with repetitive tasks on a daily basis?
Straightforward and under 3 rounds, very nice people and common interview. Not too many challenging questions. Situational and a few about previous responsibilities and interest in the role overall . I decided to not accept an offer but experience was great and I would recommend to others
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Similar experiences to the role being interviewed for
Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 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 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Analyst roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 12 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 Analyst according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 32%
Skills test: 23%
Phone interview: 18%
Other: 9%
Background check: 9%
Personality test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
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