Systems Administrator applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 89% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Systems Administrator roles take an average of 42 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cisco overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cisco as a Systems Administrator according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
Background check: 19%
Skills test: 15%
Group panel interview: 11%
One on one interview: 11%
Presentation: 7%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 4%
Personality test: 4%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Cisco (Lawrenceville, GA) in Feb 2009
Interview
Since I was out of town, I had a phone interview and then I was asked to fly in for a face to face interview.
The interviews went well and I was told I was going to be offered the job but they had a reorganization and I had to wait until that was over.
6 months later I was offered a similiar job with this company, which I accepted and I relocated cross country to start work.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you work as a technical support with many people who do not speak english as a primary language?
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Cisco (Waldorf, MD)
Interview
Awesome it was a great experience to work with cisco as they offer many people opportunities to showcase themselves.Skills and certifications your team should get next with training mapped to NIST and NICE Frameworks.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cisco (Columbia, SC) in May 2024
Interview
Interview was very laid back. Like a conversation. There were times we started talking about other things and had to get back to the interview. We did a lot of laughing.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Oct 2018
Interview
Found the job via 3rd party recruiter, had phone interview then onsite interview with the manager and then one of his employees. I ended up getting the offer, but it sure did take a long time from the offer date to the start date (almost a month).