I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
Online Test on HackerRank for initial screening. Questions were kind of easy and only related to Java language. This role was for developers with a minimum experience of more than 2 years.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
5 MCQs related to different class and object properties of Java.
3 coding questions
a) Check for balance parentheses in an expression
b) Check for lonely prime number in an array
c) Create a HashSet and add employee objects like name and id to it and print the HashSet. Also throw exception for bad inputs and generate a unique hash for all the employee ids before storing it.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Nov 2021
Interview
Very neat interview process but poor scheduling. They rescheduled 3 times for one round. Questions were very simple previous working experience and Data structure questions. Two interviewer joined the call only one was active during the call
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru)
Interview
Started with an Online Test once selected, called for Face to face interview, Basically had 3 rounds of Technical mostly Java, REST, Problem solving ability, and each one with increase in difficulty level
Java Developer 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 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Java Developer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 4 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 Java Developer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
Presentation: 18%
One on one interview: 18%
Background check: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Drug test: 9%
Skills test: 9%
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