Software Engineering Intern 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 82% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineering Intern roles take an average of 45 days to get hired, when considering 17 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 Engineering Intern according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 19%
Phone interview: 19%
Background check: 14%
Drug test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
Other: 5%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Jul 2023
Interview
The first round of the hiring process was an online test consisting of 3 coding questions on Hackerrank. We were supposed to make teams of 3 people. Only one device could type the code.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Say there is a string of characters, and you can delete any number of the same characters that are connected to each other, how many minimum moves do you need to delete the string. Eg. abbba Here there "bbb" are the same characters connected to each other. If you delete them, you get "aa". Now delete "aa" and the whole string is deleted. So you needed 2 moves
They asked mostly behavioral questions, with one fairly easy technical. As long as I explained my answer to the technical question, it seemed to make them happy. They would make the interview feel more like a conversation. Overall, very friendly interviewer and process.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cisco (Mountain View, CA) in Aug 2024
Interview
Had an OA, then a recruiter screen, then first round interview mostly in JavaScript. Asked around 10 conceptual questions, then two live coding questions, I would say both were mediums or tougher easy level.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Database query question, reading into a hashmap spitting out summarized visualized data.