Senior Quality Assurance Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California
Process
Received a call for a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer position from the Quality Assurance Team Lead to schedule a phone interview. The call lasted for 25 minutes.
Questions asked included:
- How IPsec works.
- What IKE is and the difference between IKEv1 and IKEv2.
- The difference between Main Mode and Quick Mode.
- A description of different VoIP protocols.
- Why UDP is used for VoIP instead of TCP.
Questions
What is the difference between IPsec Main Mode and Quick Mode?
I was asked a lot of questions on VoIP which I was not expecting.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Cisco Senior Quality Assurance Engineer role in San Jose, California.
Success Rate
Cisco's interview process for their Senior Quality Assurance Engineer roles in San Jose, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Cisco's Senior Quality Assurance Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.
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