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SW Engineer Interview Experience - Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

May 1, 2021
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

First technical interview:

  • Talked about the company and the positions.
  • Discussed my experience and interests.

Second interview:

  • Talked more deeply about my projects from school and my previous workplace.
  • Got really deep into the details.

Questions

experience and interests.

Several simple questions like:

  • What is a deadlock? (Describe an example)
  • What is a singleton? (Implement it)
  • What is an abstract class?

Then, several networking questions:

  • Are you familiar with the OSI layers?
  • What is the difference between an ACL and a firewall?
  • What happens when you type a URL? (DNS explanation followed by HTTPS workflow)

Eventually, a simple coding question:

  • Find the number of overlapping characters between two input strings.

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Cisco's interview process for their SW Engineer roles in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Cisco's SW Engineer interview process in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

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