Summer 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 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Intern roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 4 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 Summer Intern according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Background check: 17%
Personality test: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Phone interview: 8%
Other: 8%
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I had three rounds in total. The first two rounds were technical rounds had two engineers from Cisco. The questions either involved coding or were related to programming. The third round was a manager round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were numerous incremental questions instead of one 30-45 min end-to-end question.
2 stages
1. OA - mix questions from os, cpp and cs fundamentals as well as 2 dsa questions
2. Interview (3rounds)
Round 1. Technical + resume (dsa and projects)
Round 2. Technical and hr (dsa+ resume +projects)
Round 3. Hr only (5 - 10 mins)
Been 2 months, I haven't heard back anything
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Dsa qs mainly on linked list and basics
A lot of questions on projects and general behaviour
It was a bit hard, all fundamentals of CS were tested thoroughly with an emphasis on Computer Networks, Online Assessments had aptitude and coding questions combined counting to a total of 42 questions.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Bhubaneshwar) in Sep 2024
Interview
It was 1 hour interview with DSA and other networking fundamentals plus some puzzles involving math and probability. Overall it was a tough interview. The networking questions required deep understanding of computer networks
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked the classic Monty hall problem as a puzzle