Software Engineer 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 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 according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Background check: 25%
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The recruiters were super friendly and respectful. They started with some ice breakers to make me comfortable before starting the interview. They asked me about my projects and why I chose the tools I had chosen for those projects.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Oct 2020
Interview
1st coding and MCQ round. Coding was pretty easy but Mcq's were pretty tough.
2nd round was face to face interview. Be confident and know your project inside and out. They will grill on the basics. Especially from the basics from your projects
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Dec 2017
Interview
1-First round: Online Test, 3-Second, Third, Fourth Rounds: Technical Interviews, 1-Fifth Round: HR interview
The questions were medium level to hard level.
They asked about Wireless network, since my project is done on that areas.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
About Projects Done in acedemics
Computer Networking Questions
DS and Algo questions