Business Analyst Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 2.8 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 Business Analyst Intern roles take an average of 24 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 Business Analyst Intern according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 44%
Group panel interview: 22%
Phone interview: 11%
Drug test: 11%
Skills test: 11%
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There was a first round interview with current Business Analysts and a second round with a hiring manager. The first round was mostly behavioral with one problem-solving question. The second round was completely behavioral.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given some mathematical information x (truck speed, number of miles, etc.) how would you transport a rock up a mountain?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Feb 2026
Interview
There was a preliminary interview before the main interview, and they will ask you questions about what was discussed in the preliminary interview to see whether you understood it. The preliminary interview is with a talent interviewer to see if you fit the role.
30 minute virtual interview with a lead in the practice
Standard behavioral questions and one case like question that was testing how you'd react to solving a hypothetical business problem
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Nov 2022
Interview
interview process was pretty clean; only thing is that for my second interview i never got a confirmation email with the webex info, and after emailing the hr, and an hour before the original interview time, i finally got a reply back saying that it got cancelled. it got rescheduled for the next week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to deal with a difficult teammate and how did you overcome that