Incredible people - committed to the company and each other.
Incredible managers - very caring and very supportive through challenging personal times.
Incredible monthly check-ins by management, ranging between multiple topics, and incredible support throughout the pandemic since day one. This includes being vocal on mental health, homelessness, and volunteering work, and ensuring the company makes an impact both in SW/HW and its people and their locals.
Multiple geo coordination is challenging work-life balance. That is true for many companies I worked at, in various positions.
At its core,
Keep on the great monthly check-ins – very unique to Cisco culture.
First telephone interview by the person I'm taking over from. Then face to face with two senior product team members. Hiring manager wanted an interview, but previous interviewers were convinced enough to persuade the manager to do away with it.
Contacted by hiring manager. Onsite technical interview at offices took about two hours. During the interview, there were several technical tasks asked to be solved on a whiteboard. Each one, they gave about 10 minutes to solve.
First, the HR interview focused on my CV. The next interview was with two people from the dev team. We discussed my experience and skills, and they asked questions about OOP architecture. After the successful first interview, I was given homework
First telephone interview by the person I'm taking over from. Then face to face with two senior product team members. Hiring manager wanted an interview, but previous interviewers were convinced enough to persuade the manager to do away with it.
Contacted by hiring manager. Onsite technical interview at offices took about two hours. During the interview, there were several technical tasks asked to be solved on a whiteboard. Each one, they gave about 10 minutes to solve.
First, the HR interview focused on my CV. The next interview was with two people from the dev team. We discussed my experience and skills, and they asked questions about OOP architecture. After the successful first interview, I was given homework