I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru)
Interview
Applied on the company website, got a call from cisco after 4 days. Interviews were scheduled. First round was a tech round - Core Java concepts, finding output of code snippets, js, CSS, Jquery, Java threads concepts, Java synchronization.
2nd round was another tech round - Deep understanding of data structures, Login form program.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
How to find the middle element of a singly linked list.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cisco (Ottawa, ON)
Interview
Coding challange 3 questions, followed by initial screen and three round of interview. I was eliminated after second round. Easy to medium coding challenge. 1st round was focused on your background but also asked about DSA, OS etc. 2nd was more focused on technical but asked about my background
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the second round, they asked about network, DSA, debugging, expertise, c concepts such as memory leaks etc
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2023
Interview
It was an SHL technical assessment. I am still awaiting a response 1 month later. The technical assessment was very fair, gave applicants multiple languages to choose from, and had a great UI.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Problems were: - FizzBuzz - Longest Palindrome - number of ints less than n whose digits sum to 14.
Software Engineer-1 applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer-1 roles take an average of 42 days to get hired, when considering 1 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-1 according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 100%
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