Hardware Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California
March 1, 2012
Neutral ExperienceGot Offer
Process
One phone screen interview, asked about basic electrical engineering questions.
Questions
How will you diagnose a circuit?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 18 interview experiences for the Cisco Hardware Engineer role in San Jose, California.
Success Rate
78%
Pass Rate
Cisco's interview process for their Hardware Engineer roles in San Jose, California is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Positive78%
Neutral22%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Cisco's Hardware Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.
Cisco Work Experiences
5.0
Hardware Engineer Co-op
Hardware Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
May 2, 2021
Pros: Pay and work flexibility.
Good team and people to work around.
Cons: Full-time validity
Corona during interning
On-boarding could have been better
4.0
Talent Co-workers, Project Chaos
Hardware Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
January 18, 2016
Pros: Talent Co-worker, really good benefits.
Cons: Depends on the project. Your project might not have documentation to self-start.
4.0
A pretty fair and cool work environment for engineers
Hardware Engineer • Former Employee
San Jose, California, United States
October 21, 2013
Pros: Management is fair and generally trained well. The managers I've worked under are always rational and logical, and always made decisions that are always best for the customer and Cisco.
The benefits, perks, and employee discounts are pretty nice. I don't think smaller companies can afford these kinds of benefits.
Cisco is always growing into new fields and markets, so there are always chances to transfer to do different work if so desired.
Cons: Cisco is a big company, so decision-making and project progress can be slowed.
This is especially true when a project involves two or more business units and priorities between those business units are not always aligned to the same schedule.
Sometimes resources are not allocated because of these differences in priorities.
- 5.0Hardware Engineer Co-opHardware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesMay 2, 2021Pros: Pay and work flexibility. Good team and people to work around.Cons: Full-time validity Corona during interning On-boarding could have been better
- 4.0Talent Co-workers, Project ChaosHardware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesJanuary 18, 2016Pros: Talent Co-worker, really good benefits.Cons: Depends on the project. Your project might not have documentation to self-start.
- 4.0A pretty fair and cool work environment for engineersHardware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesOctober 21, 2013Pros: Management is fair and generally trained well. The managers I've worked under are always rational and logical, and always made decisions that are always best for the customer and Cisco. The benefits, perks, and employee discounts are pretty nice. I don't think smaller companies can afford these kinds of benefits. Cisco is always growing into new fields and markets, so there are always chances to transfer to do different work if so desired.Cons: Cisco is a big company, so decision-making and project progress can be slowed. This is especially true when a project involves two or more business units and priorities between those business units are not always aligned to the same schedule. Sometimes resources are not allocated because of these differences in priorities.
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