Cisco Systems review from a long-timer
Cisco Systems review from a long-timer
Great place to work. The BU where I worked, the incoming projects were constant. All projects go through sufficient discussions and reviews, so that's great! Good managers mostly, so work-related aspirations are met.
Very good campus/facilities.
No hierarchy – the culture is pretty open.
Salaries and hikes are not according to the market. There have been too many re-orgs and management changes, which ends up in having to prove yourself from scratch to any new management. Also, there is a lot of favoritism/bias by middle and top management towards people they have worked with for a longer time versus teams which newly join them.
Focus and priority are given to process and process torchbearers rather than technology agility.
Limit re-orgs and management changes. Focus on newer work and technologies rather than process.
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ML/AI Engineer
It was a one-round interview. It was predominantly on data science and large language models. They gave me a repo of an agent framework and asked me to find the code where reward is calculated.
Software Engineer (Internship)
There were four rounds. First round was an online MCQ test based on networking and basic programming and data structures. Second round, the technical one, had questions on data structures, OOPs, networking, and most importantly, project discussion.
Engineer
An online initial aptitude assessment round, followed by several rounds on data structures, algorithms, and critical thinking. Your work history will be dug into, so be prepared to talk about everything mentioned in your resume.
ML/AI Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesOctober 24, 2025It was a one-round interview. It was predominantly on data science and large language models. They gave me a repo of an agent framework and asked me to find the code where reward is calculated.
Software Engineer (Internship)
IndiaAugust 17, 2021There were four rounds. First round was an online MCQ test based on networking and basic programming and data structures. Second round, the technical one, had questions on data structures, OOPs, networking, and most importantly, project discussion.
Engineer
IndiaNovember 6, 2019An online initial aptitude assessment round, followed by several rounds on data structures, algorithms, and critical thinking. Your work history will be dug into, so be prepared to talk about everything mentioned in your resume.
