Technical Leader I applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 3.6 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 Technical Leader I roles take an average of 29 days to get hired, when considering 10 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 Technical Leader I according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Phone interview: 22%
Background check: 17%
Group panel interview: 9%
Skills test: 9%
Presentation: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Apr 2015
Interview
There were 4 rounds of technical interview and after that went fine, I had 1 interview by director/hiring manager. Thereafter, the HR conducted a telephonic interview to find what I thought of cisco. There was a temporary hiring freeze for 2-3 months during which the CEO changed and after that was lifted, I had 1 interview with tech lead who explained the nature of immediate work and asked me if I could do that job or if I had done similar work.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
C programming questions
questions on what work I did to find if it matches with their BU's requirement
most difficult part of the work in current job
First had a phone screen with the manager. Then proceeded to in person interviews with three different engineers. There was a combination of general and coding questions. These were done pre-covid and in person.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
Programming test in HackerRank.
Coding problem on white board or paper.
Problem Solving on white board.
Data Structures on white board or paper.
Please write at least 30 words on Hiring and Interview process.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru)
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter. First round was telephonic. 2nd Round was a video conference at Hyderabad. Third interaction was F2F are Bangalore. There were 3 or 4 interviews.
After the interviews, there was silence for many days. Then, offer was made.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about my work, challenges faced and how I helped in addressing them.