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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Diego, California

April 14, 2015
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had two phone interviews.

The first was with the hiring manager, and the second was with the technical manager.

The first interview went well, but the second was terrible. I was told it would take about half an hour, but it ended up being over two hours.

I felt like I was just being read a list of words to see if I could define them. I was repeatedly asked object-oriented programming questions, even though I kept mentioning that my strength was in functional programming. I felt somewhat mocked at the end, as if no matter what I said, it would be incorrect.

Questions

Awful. 1 hour+ of questions ranging from OOD principles to Linux, C++/C, networks, and Python. I also got asked what books I read to "keep current."

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 5 interview experiences for the Cisco Software Engineer role in San Diego, California.

Success Rate

0%
Pass Rate

Cisco's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Diego, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive40%
Neutral20%
Negative40%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Cisco's Software Engineer interview process in San Diego, California.

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