Cisco used to be a great company to work for!
Cisco used to be a great company to work for!
Top leader in networking: switching, routing.
Customer focused.
Employees are empowered to take ownership and risks.
Very loyal customer base.
Overall quality of product is pretty good.
The law of size is catching up (70k+ employees), becoming less agile, and too many projects are failing. It's considered more of a hardware-focused networking company than a software/application provider. Responsibility is diluted at the senior executive level of management.
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Cisco Interview Experiences
Software Engineer II
Phone interview, followed by an on-site interview. Interviewed by 7-8 people on-site. Small code snippets to write in C: * Reverse arrays * Linked lists, etc. Design a stack. Specific questions around TCP/IP and IPv6, and routing algorithms. Rec
Software Engineer (Internship)
It was smooth and very fast, with two technical interviews over the phone. One was based on basic coding knowledge, and the other, with a senior member of the team, focused more on cultural fit.
Software Engineer III
I was referred by an employee and received an immediate call from the recruiter to discuss my interest. The hiring manager then called to have a brief discussion about my background and qualifications. After that, I was invited for an on-site inter
Software Engineer II
San Jose, California, United StatesApril 1, 2011Phone interview, followed by an on-site interview. Interviewed by 7-8 people on-site. Small code snippets to write in C: * Reverse arrays * Linked lists, etc. Design a stack. Specific questions around TCP/IP and IPv6, and routing algorithms. Rec
Software Engineer (Internship)
San Jose, California, United StatesMay 1, 2017It was smooth and very fast, with two technical interviews over the phone. One was based on basic coding knowledge, and the other, with a senior member of the team, focused more on cultural fit.
Software Engineer III
San Jose, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2008I was referred by an employee and received an immediate call from the recruiter to discuss my interest. The hiring manager then called to have a brief discussion about my background and qualifications. After that, I was invited for an on-site inter
