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      Software Engineer II Interview

      Oct 22, 2014
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cisco in Sep 2014

      Interview

      A campus interview. First interview yourself, Second talk about your past project. Then all about technical questions about operating system, memory management, and a coding problem regarding linked list. Plus, there is a question about mutex. Another question is how does two processes communicate with each other. How to solve multiple thread work.
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      Software Engineer II Interview

      Aug 19, 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Milpitas, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Milpitas, CA) in Aug 2025

      Interview

      1. Call with recruiter 2. Technical interview 1 (coding) 3. Onsite interview 3a. Technical interview 2 (logic, dsa) 3b. Technical interview 3 (look at code, talk about your projects) 3c. Hiring manager interview (look through past Github projects)

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      In the interview with the hiring manager, they pulled up my Github and started asking me questions about a project I had previously done.
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      Software Engineer II Interview

      Apr 26, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      San Jose, CA
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA)

      Interview

      Questions on DSA and basic Operating Systems and networking questions. Also, there was a behavioral round that covered all from my resume and gave to situations to respond accordingly. I got the interview call through GHC and it had only 2 interviews

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Questions on DSA and basic Operating Systems and networking questions.
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      Software Engineer II Interview

      Nov 4, 2023
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Cisco

      Interview

      I successfully completed the online assessment, demonstrating proficiency in all questions and test cases. However, there has been no communication or update on the interview process from the company since.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Sliding window and HashMap-based questions.
      Answer question

      Cisco interviews FAQs

      • Software Engineer II applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 70% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Software Engineer II roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 71 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 II according to 71 Glassdoor interviews include:

        One on one interview:  31%

        Background check:  20%

        Skills test:  18%

        Phone interview:  16%

        Group panel interview:  7%

        Personality test:  4%

        IQ intelligence test:  3%

        Presentation:  1%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

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