Applied online.
I had a short phone interview, and they invited me to an on-site interview.
I spoke with six people there for six hours.
The questions were mostly about my background and experience, so you may need to prepare for that.
There were some technical questions, but they were not very difficult. They didn't push me to answer quickly.
One question was: "You ship a product to your customer, and they complain it does not work. How would you handle that?" This was a question that continued through interaction with the interviewer.
Typical interview questions:
What do you see yourself doing in the next 5 years?
Summarize your experience in 5 minutes.
The following metrics were computed from 125 interview experiences for the Cisco Software Engineer role in San Jose, California.
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.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Cisco's Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.