Loved my team, hated the surrounding politics
Loved my team, hated the surrounding politics
People benefits were amazing. Cisco really does commit to their people, and their benefits proved it. A major medical issue meant I had to take time away, and it was a non-issue. Complete support from my boss and the company as a whole.
So many processes and policies that don't align with reality. A lot of politics, particularly in upper management. Tons of churn in middle management that leads to constantly changing priorities.
Speaks a lot about DEI and does try to take some steps towards it, but trying to get recruiters to focus on diverse hiring is a nightmare. Additionally, actually bringing in talent that isn't white male or Indian is hard since there isn't a great supportive culture to point to, so the problem perpetuates.
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Very basic data structure and algorithm questions: How do you reverse a singly linked list? Write a C program to reverse a string. Write C code to check if an integer is a power of 2 or not in a single line. Things like that. I was ill-prepared, t
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I passed my resume through a contact at Cisco and secured an on-site interview. Six people interviewed me technically.
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Applied through university and secured a phone interview. It consisted of a few basic questions about past internships and skills. There were no in-depth whiteboard questions, just a few queries about software definitions.
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Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United StatesOctober 1, 2010Very basic data structure and algorithm questions: How do you reverse a singly linked list? Write a C program to reverse a string. Write C code to check if an integer is a power of 2 or not in a single line. Things like that. I was ill-prepared, t
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San Jose, California, United StatesApril 1, 2013I passed my resume through a contact at Cisco and secured an on-site interview. Six people interviewed me technically.
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San Jose, California, United StatesSeptember 1, 2018Applied through university and secured a phone interview. It consisted of a few basic questions about past internships and skills. There were no in-depth whiteboard questions, just a few queries about software definitions.
