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Software Engineer Interview Experience

December 20, 2021
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Online coding test with some LC easy/mediums.

Virtual onsite consisted of three interviews:

  • Technical (some basic LeetCode-like questions): Was with a friendly SWE and really easy.

  • Resume Review (?): Conducted with some interviewers who showed no interest in interviewing or asking me questions. Could barely speak English and had their cameras off the whole time. I asked most of the questions. It seemed like they had already made up their mind before the interview or something.

  • Behavioral Interview: Your typical behavioral questions.

Overall: I don't know how a company lets people like these conduct interviews with no training. Very negative experience. The recruiter was also very unresponsive. Please don't waste hours of someone's time when you have no intention of hiring them.

Questions

What are your strengths and weaknesses?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 436 interview experiences for the Cisco Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

42%
Pass Rate

Cisco's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive58%
Neutral30%
Negative12%

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

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