Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California
August 1, 2023
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The technical assessment consisted of three LeetCode-style questions.
One easy, one medium, and one hard.
- Find the median and mode of a list of integers.
- Find a palindrome that is a substring in a string.
- A 2D matrix problem: find the largest number in a row that has the smallest number in a column.
Questions
Did not have an in-person interview.
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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
54%
Pass 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
Positive65%
Neutral23%
Negative12%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Cisco's Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.
Cisco Work Experiences
5.0
Great Balance, High Cost
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
July 31, 2017
Pros: Work-life balance
Paid housing
Lots of intern events and activities
Good exposure
Chance to meet CEO and senior managers
Cons: Old workforce.
Expensive if living in San Jose.
Does not pay as much as other top companies such as Amazon, Facebook, or Google.
5.0
Chill People, No New Projects
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
July 16, 2025
Pros: Great work-life balance. Chill people.
Cons: No new projects coming in.
4.0
Nice company to work at. Great team and great projects
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
September 13, 2023
Pros: The team and manager were great to work with. A lot of learning opportunities.
Cons: The cons that I experience are the frequent layoffs they have.
- 5.0Great Balance, High CostSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesJuly 31, 2017Pros: Work-life balance Paid housing Lots of intern events and activities Good exposure Chance to meet CEO and senior managersCons: Old workforce. Expensive if living in San Jose. Does not pay as much as other top companies such as Amazon, Facebook, or Google.
- 5.0Chill People, No New ProjectsSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesJuly 16, 2025Pros: Great work-life balance. Chill people.Cons: No new projects coming in.
- 4.0Nice company to work at. Great team and great projectsSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesSeptember 13, 2023Pros: The team and manager were great to work with. A lot of learning opportunities.Cons: The cons that I experience are the frequent layoffs they have.
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