Coding challenge - mostly 2 questions which are from Easy section of most of the portals like HackerRank, Geeksforgeeks, etc.
Technical Interview - again some problem solving and DSA part
Technical Interview - mostly questions on OOPs and architecture
Managerial Round
HR call
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Build a Stack with basic data structures?
2. Explain MVC architecture?
3. Difference between interface and abstract class?
4. Explain HashMap?
5. Some questions on design patterns
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cisco (Bangalore Rural) in Jul 2023
Interview
online test with 40 questions of mcq's and one coding test All networking questions ,aptitude questions, time complexity questions. and some programming stuff with outputs and missing line of codes
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cisco (Boston, MA) in Jan 2023
Interview
The online accessment is in medium level. It contains three quizes, level of which is increasing. The total time is one and a half hour. However, their code platform is not easy to use, especially you need to print the value mannually as the output, which took me mintues to figure out why I got no output!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Spin the matrix by 90 deg clock-wise 2. House robber. 3. Spiral matrix
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Ottawa, ON) in Jul 2022
Interview
This is the worst interview experience I have ever had. After wasting my 7 hours, the recruiter said the salary range is 40k less than my expectation, which was provided in the beginning and they still wasted my time: - very unprofessional and non-responsive recruiter. She explained to me the agenda of interviews or replied to my emails - Other than 2 interviewers: Niloy & Ali, all others don't know what they should be asking in the interview. They literally read my resume in an interview and were out of questions in half time. one of the interviewers was having her camera off the entire interview. - Same discussion happened in 4 interviews Suggestions to management: - Polish the interview process to be what you wanted when you were a candidate - Get some knowledgeable and professional interviewers. Having decade of experience doesn't make you a good interviewer - Make some sensible rounds: Manager round --> technical --> Director/final instead of: normal chat --> normal chat --> normal chat --> normal chat --> manager --> un-necessary Director interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly resume based plus 3 easy-medium level algorithms
Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 77% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 13 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 Development Engineer according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
One on one interview: 14%
Skills test: 14%
Drug test: 11%
Presentation: 11%
Group panel interview: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Background check: 3%
Other: 3%
Personality test: 3%
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