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 online. I interviewed at Cisco in Oct 2022
Interview
Received a 90 minute coding challenge with 3 problems. The problems were about Leetcode medium level, and I'm pretty sure I've seen 2/3 of those question variations on Leetcode already. Finished the assessment with plenty of time to spare, though it would have taken longer if I had never seen similar problems before. Did not allow for Javascript.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Nov 2022
Interview
Just finished my first round is OA. 2 easy and 1 medium questions. Feel pretty good about it and am waiting for the result. IDK how many rounds are left Not that hard. .
Just done with coding exam - it is 3 Q's , similar to leetcode 2 questions were easy and 1 question was medium problem . Given exam in october last week 2022, waiting for the results
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding questions from leetcode based on sliding window and strings and matrices