Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California
Process
The interview had three parts.
Part one and three involved an interview with one engineer.
Part two was an interview with a product manager and another engineer.
Interviewer #1 frequently left the interview and was busy with their own work throughout.
Interview #2 focused on culture fit.
Interview #3 was pleasant and included a friendly engineer.
Questions
Build a deck of cards, represented by strings.
Each card's suit and value are separated by a string.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 125 interview experiences for the Cisco Software Engineer role in San Jose, California.
Success Rate
Cisco's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Jose, California is on the easier side as most engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Cisco's Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.
Cisco Work Experiences
- 3.0Nice Work-Life BalanceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesSeptember 4, 2015Pros: Nice work-life balance. Architecture is flexible. Moving to a newer stack is easy.Cons: Planning is horrible. All the deployments over the weekends. Weekends are not peaceful.
- 3.0A software engineerSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesJuly 14, 2023Pros: Very good and full of energy.Cons: Sometimes you have to work more hours.
- 3.0Good Balance, Slow ProgressSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesDecember 16, 2021Pros: Good work-life balance, great culture.Cons: Slow process, slow promotion, slow stock growth.
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