SWE 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 55% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE Intern roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 20 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 SWE Intern according to 20 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 36%
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 9%
Background check: 9%
Drug test: 5%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 5%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco in Feb 2023
Interview
Super simple application, no cover letter or anything. Got the OA invitation a few days after, so either they're using some kind of AI to filter out or just giving everyone the OA invitation. OA was super simple, two LC easy, one medium. Friend who also got OA said 2 med, 1 easy. If you took any intermediate level programming class i'd say it's an easy pass. Been a few months since I took the OA and haven't heard back, so I imagine i got rejected. Rip but great, straightforward experience!
round 1: online oa, was easy/medium leetcode two questions
round 2 final: 1 behavioral 1 technical, leetcode style but also trivia
round 3: recruiter talk
offer after around three weeks after applying
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a list of connections between nodes, find the redundant edge.
Smooth interview process , the whole pool of students were anonymous that is given an ID to contact no name , no college , making it a you deserve you get kind of job
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain me about the project in your resume and what difficulties you faced
Online Assessment followed by a Phone Screen. The entire process was well organized and the interviewers and recruiters want you to succeed. Timeline took about 3 weeks from OA invite to Phone Screen Invite.