Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Developer roles take an average of 8 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 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cisco as a Developer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Background check: 25%
Presentation: 25%
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I interviewed at Cisco (Research Triangle Park, NC)
Interview
after the leet code easy and medium technical interview, they followed up with behavioral interviews with 2 different teams and eventually received an offer with my second interviewer/team lead. Process took about a month
Coding interview: 1) regular expression matching 2) String with a common prefix 3) reverse a doubly linked list in better than Order time. The interviewer was nice and friendly. The whole process was smooth and professional.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cisco in Mar 2025
Interview
Submitted an application including my resume online and received a one and a half hour online assessment challenge. Completed the online assessment and moved to the next step of the interview where I was asked basic questions about the company and my previous experience.