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Software Engineer II Intern Interview Experience

March 1, 2015
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Process

I applied online via our college career portal and was called for Webex interviews within a month or so. The interviews were 45 minutes long. They mainly involved technical questions, and nothing about my past experience or projects was asked.

Questions

I was asked questions on:

  1. Routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP.
  2. Spanning Tree Protocols and about trunk port modes, etc.
  3. Basic questions about subnetting and a few problems on the same.
  4. Asked to write code on how to SSH into a Cisco IOS router and extract whether an interface is up or down using any coding language of choice.
  5. Asked to write code on how to keep track of the number of distinct words and a count of the same from a file.
  6. Debugging how a neighboring router/switch port is alive or dead.
  7. Basic questions on Operating Systems concepts and linked lists.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 10 interview experiences for the Cisco Software Engineer II Intern role in United States.

Success Rate

60%
Pass Rate

Cisco's interview process for their Software Engineer II Intern roles in the United States is on the easier side as most engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive90%
Neutral10%
Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Cisco's Software Engineer II Intern interview process in United States.

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