Software 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 Software 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 Software Developer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Presentation: 25%
Background check: 25%
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Had a 15 min chat with an Engineer over webex. Quite informal but there's still evaluation. I believe it's intended to quickly select candidates for more formal interviews. Still in the process or waiting for more formal interviews.
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went over past experience and 2 simple questions on Python.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
It was a good interview process, the interviewers were kind and polite. The questions asked were reasonable, it started with the coding round followed by HR and manager rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write an algorithm to find number of 0s in the binary representation of an integer.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Sep 2020
Interview
Three interviews over zoom. All three were technical. They went over very basic competencies plus a few algorithms. Very laid back, relaxed, and friendly. I performed terribly on two out of the three interviews, but that was completely on me. We all have bad days, but all three interviewers were supportive and friendly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Predict the outcome of this code block, solve this algorithm from Leetcode, the usual.