Comfortable job but not much room for improvement
Comfortable job but not much room for improvement
Cisco pays well. There are stock opportunities and bonuses. I work with some pretty great and smart people here.
It's very family-friendly, and I have the flexibility to spend time with my kids and get work done. I know I have been given some decent opportunities throughout my career, but it's not an easy path.
Unless you work in one of the big home offices (SJ, RTP, Richardson), it is hard to get career opportunities.
Lots of politics and things, such as cool new products, move slowly.
Also, working with a large global company, you have a lot of hires outside of the US, which makes working with the different time zones hard.
Know who is contributing and recognize and reward them.
Get things out to market sooner.
Work like a start-up instead of a big and bloated company.
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There were two coding rounds and one technical round; overall, a pleasant experience. There was a long time between application submission and when the interviewing process began, but the interviewing process was completed in a few weeks.
Software Engineer
The experience was really good overall. Although certain questions seemed irrelevant, like file system architecture, it was overall a good mix of OS, DBMS, and computer network fundamentals. Thank you for your time.
Software Engineer
Screening phone call, 15-minute introductory conversation. Technical interview consisted of asking basic OOP, 2 LeetCode Easy-Medium questions, and being asked about your project experience. Ghosted and rejected finally after a month.
Software Engineer
United StatesNovember 17, 2025There were two coding rounds and one technical round; overall, a pleasant experience. There was a long time between application submission and when the interviewing process began, but the interviewing process was completed in a few weeks.
Software Engineer
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNovember 9, 2025The experience was really good overall. Although certain questions seemed irrelevant, like file system architecture, it was overall a good mix of OS, DBMS, and computer network fundamentals. Thank you for your time.
Software Engineer
United StatesOctober 13, 2025Screening phone call, 15-minute introductory conversation. Technical interview consisted of asking basic OOP, 2 LeetCode Easy-Medium questions, and being asked about your project experience. Ghosted and rejected finally after a month.
