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%
Presentation: 25%
Background check: 25%
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If you are fresher then basically they ask questions on c programming, network related, some data structure and algo. Some questions might be straight forward and some would e logical like sw designing. In case you are go with some job experience the some questions abt ur job also. Type of quistions also depend on the profile for which they are hiring. Its always better to have idea on latest technologies related to cisco work.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Poona) in Jul 2015
Interview
It started with Aptitude Test (Online) of 60 mins.
Then 2 technical rounds.
And 1 HR roound.
They focus on logical thinking, problem solving capability.
Give hints for some problem.
It was great experience for me because i was interviewed by a panel which has experience of 20 years in technical vertical.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me Bruteforcing, big O time complexity, shaker sort vs bubble sort, c memory reprentation, how .exe loads into memory, static variable allocation, IP header.
Reverse a linked list.
And YES the main question ....
Explain shaping and policying in CISCO.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Montréal, QC) in Jan 2015
Interview
The interview was provided through internet. I had the interview with team manager and team lead. After brief presentation of my previous experience I was asked some technical questions. The whole interview took about an hour. I was really surprised to get an offer in half-an-hour after the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a function that evaluates a sum of all integers from 1 to 100.