I applied in-person. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Cisco (Irvine, CA) in Oct 2013
Interview
Harsh environment, with the hiring manager having an aggressive interview style, time clock, rapid fire questions, etc. Very pressure oriented, not taking time to see what someone can offer to the role or potential. Feedback at the end was poor, no guidance on how to improve or areas of weakness.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
Expect a minimum of five interviews for any position in the company. The process is very competitive. If you are interviewing for an engineering position in Cisco Services, you had better have spent a considerable amount of time studying your routing and switching. If you put something on your resume, your experience had better be deep.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
This is so position dependent, it is hard to answer.
Candidates applying for Systems Engineering Manager roles take an average of 37 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 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cisco as a Systems Engineering Manager according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 29%
Personality test: 14%
Presentation: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 14%
Skills test: 14%
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