Process
30-minute video call with an engineer 3 30-minute video calls with other engineers Ghosted on the result.
Questions about my experience: Lots of technical questions in the format of "Do you know this?" This seemed like an ineffective and lazy method to determine the candidate's knowledge and potential.
One of the interviews went on for 1 hour for some reason.
Ironically, there were no coding questions.
Questions
What is IPC?
What is RPC? (This was great; the interviewer had an accent, so I was confused with the previous question.)
Questions about the Linux kernel, such as the difference between a block device and a character device.
What is the volatile keyword?
What is the static keyword?
What do you want to do?
What is an interrupt? How do you handle an interrupt?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Cisco Software Engineer Embedded Systems role in United States.
Success Rate
Cisco's interview process for their Software Engineer Embedded Systems roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Cisco's Software Engineer Embedded Systems interview process in United States.
Cisco Work Experiences
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