Software Engineer I 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 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 76.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer I roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cisco overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cisco as a Software Engineer I according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Background check: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
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Applied and received the coding assessment the next day. Was three questions in one hour and thirty minutes. Was told I could take it within next two weeks. The problems were 1 easy and 2 medium.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find the largest sum of numbers in an array such that none of the numbers selected are adjacent to each other.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Sep 2024
Interview
Was sent an invitation to an online assessment to demonstrate my skills. I am still waiting to hear back about whether I move on to the next step or not
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given X and Y coordinates, determine which horizontal or vertical path an airplane should travel in order to drop off packages to the most locations
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (Netanya)
Interview
the interview took place via Zoom, the questions were easy but the situation and the interviewer were stressful.
she asked me three questions, which was fairly easy but I didn't get an offer.