Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 84% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Internship roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 31 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 Internship according to 31 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 34%
Presentation: 17%
Phone interview: 15%
Background check: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 5%
Drug test: 5%
Skills test: 5%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Atlanta, GA) in Oct 2012
Interview
On campus interview with a short 30-45 minute behavioral interview, was contacted a few weeks later with an offer. The process was relatively informal compared to other processes. The interview was conducted with the person that became my manager when I started working.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you managed many high priority items at the same time
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
It started with introduction and some basic technical qs based on resume and also simple data structures.
There were three rounds of interviews on the same day, with each round lasting an hour
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain data structures and code any one data structure
About company and its products
Basic networking qs like what is firewall, router etc
It was 3 rounds process and they were eliminatory and it consists of problems related to networks data structures and algorithms and many other topics as well. Overall it was a tough interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions related to pointers linked list and there were questions related to networks as well.