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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In my experience, there is a low pressure behavioral interview followed by a straight forward technical assessment to complete at your earliest convenience. The interview experience was smooth, and I am grateful.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the difference between CISC and RISC architecture?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Switzerland, SC) in Apr 2019
Interview
multiple technical and personality checks.
On-site and remote
at least 5 people participated in the process
I felt it was an informal and fair process, much better than average in my opinion.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
multiple software exercises on programming and networking
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco in Jan 2022
Interview
OA and then interview process, OA was on hackerrank, could not clear the OA. DSA problems + mcq related to core engineer subjects like os, cn, dbms, sql queries were asked