Software Developer 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 Developer 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 Developer 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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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Chennai) in Jun 2024
Interview
The first round was 60 mins and we have to solve 53 questions, the time was very very limited which made the round hard, the difficulty of the questions were medium
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was a programming question which we have to solve using dynamic programming
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
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.
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.