It was called Cisco Emerging Technology & Incubation. It is actually a local SME acquired by Cisco. A manager interview where you get a home assignment, then a follow-up interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some basic questions relevant to your stack, also some try-your-memory questions like what does the 503 error code mean specifically.
I was asked Leet code medium and hard question. There were 3 rounds including one onsite round. Answered some the resume questions as well. Also questions from database was asked.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
30-minute call with a recruiter
3 hr take-home + 1 hr review (this tests your ability to use agents to build a full-stack app and then your ability to understand the generated output)
30-minute call with CTO
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How the generated app works in detail for different features
They asked me to solve 2-sum and then 4 interviews just about my experience with technical questions. It was basically pretty straightforward, just like any interview. It wasn't extremely technical, but I think the process depends on which team you are interviewing for.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 65% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 666 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 Engineer according to 666 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 22%
Skills test: 15%
Group panel interview: 10%
Background check: 9%
Presentation: 7%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 1%
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