Over 20 years, still challenged and happy
Over 20 years, still challenged and happy
It's a rare Silicon Valley tech company which is made up of grown-ups. Also, technology keeps changing, and Cisco's portfolio is broad enough that there's always some part of the company that's leading the way in its own area.
I love the quarterly "day for me" holidays, but I really, REALLY dislike the forced PTO days at Christmas and this year, at 4th of July too.
PTO should be at will, not on specific dates. If it's on specific dates, then it's disingenuous to call it PTO.
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It was fairly good and well organized. The team was very friendly and interactive. The interview process was smooth and finished the process in a week.
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.
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The first round was essentially a screening interview with the recruiter. We mostly discussed my resume, past experiences, and had a general conversation about the company and the role. The second round was more technical. It involved a deeper dive
Quality Assurance
San Jose, California, United StatesNovember 14, 2025It was fairly good and well organized. The team was very friendly and interactive. The interview process was smooth and finished the process in a week.
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.
ASIC Design Verification Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesJuly 1, 2025The first round was essentially a screening interview with the recruiter. We mostly discussed my resume, past experiences, and had a general conversation about the company and the role. The second round was more technical. It involved a deeper dive
