Software Engineer Internship 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 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Internship roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 129 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 Software Engineer Internship according to 129 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 21%
Presentation: 15%
Skills test: 11%
Drug test: 8%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Background check: 5%
Personality test: 4%
Other: 2%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
I applied online through my university's career center and got an on campus interview. The interview was very casual and lasted 30 minutes. We talked about previous work listed in my resume, classes I was taking, projects I had worked on, and his experience and interests. Interviewer was very friendly and easy to talk to. Surprisingly, no technical questions were asked.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were no difficult questions asked. He did ask me to explain in some detail the projects I had worked on in class.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cisco (Chennai) in Jul 2026
Interview
I had a Oa test that was really difficult. It had questions from Electronics like based on PCBs and stuff even though I am a CS graduate. Also I had 2 coding questions , both of which were really diffcult.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain difference between polling and Interrupt-driven Io cycle
It's a one hour long panel interview with two to four engineers. The interview contained behavioural questions, resume walk through, python and c implementation, c trivia questions, os concepts, debugging.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cisco in Feb 2026
Interview
Applied 1/14, prescreening with recruiter 1/29, interview with hiring manager 2/9, offer 2/13
Very easy interview and manager was super nice! Mostly was just asked about the projects on my resume with a couple problem-solving questions surrounding my projects.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you prove your product's safety to the user? (Essentially asking my testing process)