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%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Background check: 25%
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One of the best interview experience ive ever had. Recruiter kept me in informed throughout the process (very personable). I always sign in to my interviews early in case i encounter any issues and almost every interviewer showed up before the scheduled time which i really appreciated. They were all very kind and i could tell everyone was happy to be working at Cisco.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (Sydney) in Jan 2026
Interview
online code assesment 32 multiple choise general knowlage for software engineering two intermedate leet code questions (difrent to how they said the assesment would be) said it would be one multiple choise two code.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2025
Interview
Discussed Networking concepts and basic coding problems in Python—really practical interview, not LeetCode. Overall, quite a simple process, and the interviewer was extremely nice and fun to talk to. I would've taken the offer had I had the time, but school conflicted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What algorithm would you use to optimize latency within a network of routers?