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Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

June 30, 2020
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Two rounds of phone interviews were conducted (both audio).

Neither behavioral nor technical questions related to data structures or algorithms were asked.

The process seemed quite unprofessional and unprepared.

The interviewers not only changed the duties of the role but also failed to explain the position clearly until the second interview.

The first interviewer didn't even seem to realize what type of position they were looking for.

The only semblance of a technical question was very abstract/hypothetical and related more to data science than software engineering.

Questions

If you had a large number of columns and rows in a data set, how would you present this to a client or your supervisor? (Told me to imagine values for the data set. Didn't give any specifics or labels to identify what sort of data set.)

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 113 interview experiences for the Cisco Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

36%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive66%
Neutral22%
Negative12%

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

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