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%
Presentation: 25%
Background check: 25%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
I had telephone interview followed by couple of more Interviews and finally had a one on one interview.Had to go thru layers of screening before getting the Interview.Senior level mangers took more time in the process
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco in Apr 2014
Interview
got a call from manager went over CV arranged for a interview through webex. Talked asked about my current experience and threads, dead locks, datastructures, css, javascript basic questions, asked to write double linked list program, string reversal, they would accept any language you are comfortable in.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
String concatination, how canyou write a better concatination with out using existing menthods like .concat etc... can a dead lock happen with three threads, the job description has nothing to do with these questions. The concentration was on basics of programming, was asked to write doule linked list program...if you are comfortable with sting programs and linked list concepts it is very easy to crack...
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Warangal) in Jan 2010
Interview
one round of written test, 1:1 and hr interview
written test contained questions on C , DS, OS and networking
Technical interview started with basics and covered mostly on operating system concepts and networking concepts, ending with couple of questions on data structures
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
questions were simple and basics on networking and operating systems