Software Engineer 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 Engineer 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 Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Background check: 25%
Presentation: 25%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
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.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Dec 2021
Interview
basic coding questions. there was more focus on situational questions and previous experience. coding questions were around basic data structures, reverse link lists etc reverse link lists, detect pallindromes etc.
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Question 1
coding questions were around basic data structures, reverse link lists etc reverse link lists, detect pallindromes etc.