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Software Engineer Interview Experience

October 16, 2014
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had an on-campus interview scheduled through the school.

Since it was a full-time entry position, two senior software engineers interviewed me in a room.

They asked some basic questions about my resume.

Questions included:

  • What my favorite programming language was and its object-oriented concepts.
  • What was good about it and how it was powerful compared to others.
  • What 'static' variables meant.

Programming questions involved coding tasks such as:

  • Implementing binary search in Java.
  • Reversing a doubly linked list.

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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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