Process
Started with a 30-minute on-campus interview in the career center.
Half of it was resume review and behavioral questions; the other half was a small technical question.
Follow-up interview was through WebEx with a Senior Software Engineer.
It was mostly technical: there was a share screen coding assignment and some questions about courses I had taken.
Questions
Insert a node into a linked list.
Write a program (in a language of your choice) that searches for a specific file in your filesystem given a string name.
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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.
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Cisco Work Experiences
- 5.0Would Recommend, Almost No ConsSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeJanuary 29, 2024Pros: I would 100% recommend this company.Cons: Not that bad to give a con.
- 3.0Good place to learn and leaveSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaFebruary 16, 2019Pros: 1. Flexibility is given to employees to work and complete projects in time. 2. Market leader in networking with great innovation and technologies to learn and work. 3. High-profile customers, but you need to be technically solid to handle them. 4. Add-on world-class campus.Cons: 1. Low salaries compared to the rest of the networking companies. HR is mostly inactive here, as no actions are taken to correct salaries to market standards. Sometimes, a hike can take 3-4 years to happen. Because of these issues, good people leave. 2. Lots of work, even on weekends, so work-life balance is a myth in some BUs. 3. Lots of reorgs. You might be working under one manager one day and might be working under another after a few days. It becomes difficult to settle at one team.
- 4.0A good company to explore new thingsSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeChennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaJuly 8, 2022Pros: Good company to explore new things. Moderate package.Cons: can provide various amenities to the employee.
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