Learned a lot, but it's a hard company to succeed at on merit alone
Learned a lot, but it's a hard company to succeed at on merit alone
- Still a lot of smart people around the organization.
- Some interesting technologies to work with; still the dominant player in the networking space.
- Great benefits and all the perks of working for a big company.
- Hard to succeed, get promoted, or get recognized if you aren't overtly political.
- Really poor senior management decision-making. When Chambers said Cisco's strategy was sound but execution was failing, I had to ask, "Flip anyone?"
Let John Chambers go. Exit everything but routers and switches (and perhaps any embedded devices that could take advantage of IPv6). Make network management a priority.
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Senior Software Engineer
Technical Phone Screen and then an in-person interview with the Manager, Technical Lead, and a Team Member. The Phone Screen lasted 45 minutes and included many technical questions on the skills listed in the resume. In the in-person interview: *
Senior Software Engineer
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Senior Software Engineer
The interview procedure starts with a phone interview, which lasts for around 1 hour. This is followed by an onsite interview that went up to 6 hours. The onsite interview involved 4 team members and a managerial round. The questions were mostly from
Senior Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesDecember 1, 2012Technical Phone Screen and then an in-person interview with the Manager, Technical Lead, and a Team Member. The Phone Screen lasted 45 minutes and included many technical questions on the skills listed in the resume. In the in-person interview: *
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