Vice President Engineering Interview Experience - San Jose, California
Process
While meetings were difficult to coordinate, involved last-minute calendar changes, and suffered from lapses in communication, once held, they were both informative and productive.
Opportunities are vast at Cisco. Some organizational realignments may be beneficial, and some may not. Only time will tell. Cisco's desire to bring in new techniques and technologies is clear. How they will leverage their current strengths in the market while taking on new talent and technologies was quite vague during the interviewing process.
Questions
What skills and experiences could you apply to Cisco's present challenges (Cloud, IoT, Collaboration)?
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Interview Statistics
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Success Rate
Cisco's interview process for their Vice President Engineering roles in San Jose, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Cisco's Vice President Engineering interview process in San Jose, California.
Cisco Work Experiences
- 5.0Great company, great customers, great cultureVice President Engineering • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesFebruary 19, 2018Pros: Cisco is reinventing itself. I came in through an acquisition, and it's been a fantastic experience. There's a lot of opportunity to move around Cisco if you get tired of doing what you're doing after a few years.Cons: Company needs to be more HR flexible on comp, grades, etc. As a manager, it's tough to do what we need to recruit and retain great talent. Most policies are designed for a 70,000-person company, which is fine, but there needs to be way more flexibility around exceptions for exceptional people.
- 2.0Lost Foundation, Lingering HopeVice President Engineering • Former EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesSeptember 30, 2014Pros: Cisco has not given up yet. There are enough experienced people to know how to get through tough times. Cisco has a solid run rate that could last them 20 years. The key will be to keep the long view, like they had in the 90s.Cons: There is no top-down leadership any longer. There has been a culture of consensus where anyone can say no, but no one is able to make a decision. There is little to no upward mobility due to the hanger-ons who believe that selling boxes is the only way. The engineering-right Cisco foundation has been lost.
- 4.0Good place to workVice President Engineering • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 21, 2015Pros: Got acquired. Good place to work overall. Very much depends on where you land.Cons: Can be a HUGE company with mediocre lifers; again, depending on where you land.
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