Software Engineer Interview Experience - Bengaluru, India
Process
The interview was 4 hours long and conducted by 4 members, with each member taking one-hour slots. Breaks were provided between sessions for refreshment.
The interview was held via WebEx and covered a range of topics, including:
- Data structures
- Algorithms
- General microcontroller (uC) and microprocessor (uP) concepts
- C programming constructs
Questions
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Semaphore, mutex, function pointers, dynamic memory allocation
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Memory leak/corruption detection tools
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Linked list, Queue
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Crash detection methods
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Kernel debugging
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Custom implementation of some library functions like atoi(), strtok()
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Bit manipulation
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BST
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Common C questions
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IPC methods
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Memory layout
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 173 interview experiences for the Cisco Software Engineer role in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Success Rate
Cisco's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Bengaluru, Karnataka is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Cisco's Software Engineer interview process in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Cisco Work Experiences
- 5.0Great culture and work-life balanceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaMay 15, 2024Pros: Great culture and work-life balance.Cons: Salary is on the lower side.
- 5.0Great place to work. You will never regret working here. It cares about its employees and has focus on the right directionSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaAugust 3, 2013Pros: Great work-life balance, maybe one of the best.Cons: Compensation should be made somewhat higher. Growth is a tad slow, and not even across all BUs. I guess that's the only reason employees leave. Sometimes you will feel stagnant.
- 3.0Cisco India - BangaloreSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaDecember 14, 2015Pros: Work-life balance. Opportunity to interact with big names in the industry (if you take the initiative); you get to learn a lot from such experiences. Fairly open management. People are helpful. I loved working with the people here.Cons: Opportunities to grow are few. Cisco is a sluggish mover. People tend to be on cruise-mode. There's a lack of innovative initiatives from within the company. To be fair, platforms have been created, but somehow the products/ideas which come out of them die. This is often because of the bureaucratic, sluggish nature of the process to productize them.
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