I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Qesarya, Haifa) in Oct 2024
Interview
The first interview took place in the office with two programmers. It included a self-introduction followed by two LeetCode medium-level coding questions. The overall experience was structured and technical, focusing on problem-solving skills
Hour and a half of qustions ranging from past experience and projects to algorithmic task.Also questions about the internals of cpp,how compiling works etc. Good to know every project you listed on cv in depth,they will ask you.
I applied through other source. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Belgrade, Central Serbia) in Jan 2025
Interview
First comes HR interview where you talk about yourself and the company's products. Then the first technical interview is onsite and you talk about your CV, projects, you answer theoretical questions (operation systems, object oriented programing, cpp in general) and then you get algorithm task (2 if you have time). You write on the board pseudo code and it should be optimized (but you can start with the brute force solution). Next round of technical is the same but you speak on English!
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Qesarya, Haifa) in Oct 2024
Interview
I came to the Cisco One site in Qesarya.
I sat with two engineers and we introduced ourselves, they told me about Cisco.
They asked me the LRU Cache question which is a LeetCode medium.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a course that you enjoyed in your bachelor's degree studies.
Junior, 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 78% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Junior, Software Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 9 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 Junior, Software Engineer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 21%
Phone interview: 16%
One on one interview: 16%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Group panel interview: 11%
Presentation: 11%
Personality test: 5%
Drug test: 5%
Background check: 5%
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