Great WLB, Decent Pay, Poor Growth
Great WLB, Decent Pay, Poor Growth
Very good WLB and teams typically set you up to not fail. While pay is not top-tier tech, it is definitely decent, especially considering the generally low-pressure environment.
In my experience, a low-pressure environment and little to no roadmaps laid out for career growth make Cisco a poor place for high technical growth and movement towards seniority as an engineer.
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There was just one round of on-campus interviews. I was interviewed by two managers simultaneously, and the interview lasted for 50 minutes. Questions were based on past experience and basic programming concepts. I was asked to code in any languag
Software Engineer II
First, there will be a phone screen where they'll ask you questions on basic data structures to test your grasp on linked lists, trees, etc. If you clear that, you'll be invited for a face-to-face interview, which will last for an entire day. This w
Software Engineer II
Received a direct call from Cisco after they downloaded my resume from Naukri. There were four rounds: * **Round 1:** Basic networking questions, including OSI layers, ARP, and L2 headers. Approximately 30 minutes. * **Round 2:** C programming,
Software Engineer II
San Jose, California, United StatesNovember 1, 2013There was just one round of on-campus interviews. I was interviewed by two managers simultaneously, and the interview lasted for 50 minutes. Questions were based on past experience and basic programming concepts. I was asked to code in any languag
Software Engineer II
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaAugust 1, 2012First, there will be a phone screen where they'll ask you questions on basic data structures to test your grasp on linked lists, trees, etc. If you clear that, you'll be invited for a face-to-face interview, which will last for an entire day. This w
Software Engineer II
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaJanuary 1, 2016Received a direct call from Cisco after they downloaded my resume from Naukri. There were four rounds: * **Round 1:** Basic networking questions, including OSI layers, ARP, and L2 headers. Approximately 30 minutes. * **Round 2:** C programming,
