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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Easy and fast. The interview process was not bad, they asked me the classes I took and some coding questions such as Java , SQL and JavaScript.
Interview difficulty was not bad
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2020
Interview
Behavior interview followed by a technical panel interview. Asked questions on multi threading, multiprocessing, and basic CS fundamentals (polymorphism, classes, etc). Was not able to make it past the technical round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Polymorphism, classes, multi threading, multiprocessing, data structures
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Boston, MA) in May 2021
Interview
3 technical phone interviews involving coding exercises and system design questions. The process took around 3 weeks but the HR were was quite responsive. Also the team that interviewed me focused on what my strengths were and how I was a better fit for what they were looking for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Designing highly available error logging app in the cloud