I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
I had a couple interviews, though for an internship. The technical one went over everything on my resume in great detail. After that we moved onto what I knew regarding programming and such. There were a lot of algorithm questions, and many focused on my ability to not brute-force the task. Definitely know the differences.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Apr 2025
Interview
Applied via cisco portal. Scheduling process is very flexible. I was able to change interview 2 times and they agreed. In interview they only asked about whatever present in resume.
This is an opportunity to work with software that powers Nutanix Enterprise Cloud. You will get a chance to apply and broaden your expertise in storage, virtualization, distributed systems, and cloud services. In the role of MTS-QA, you will contribute towards product and quality a
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
This is an opportunity to work with software that powers Nutanix Enterprise Cloud. You will get a chance to apply and broaden your expertise in storage, virtualization, distributed systems, and cloud services. In the role of MTS-QA, you will contribute towards product and quality a
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Jun 2024
Interview
I have interview at Bengaluru office. There were 3 rounds of interview out of which 2 were technical and 1 was managerial. Overall interview was decent with questions covering few Java program related to string and selenium questions in both technical rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to perform keyboard actions in selenium.
Types of exceptions in selenium
How to handle element which takes time to be visible on page in selenium
Software QA Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 78% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software QA Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 19 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 QA Engineer according to 19 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Phone interview: 24%
Background check: 11%
Personality test: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Drug test: 3%
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