Going down the drain
Going down the drain
They have a great work-from-home policy, which I really appreciate.
Work-life balance is also fairly good.
Ancient tools, a slowly moving giant. They love to talk about the buzzwords in technology but have no clue how to proceed. Management is filled with layers and layers of yes-men who are caught up in a cycle of incrementally modernizing their bloated products.
To "innovate," they purchase other companies – often started by Cisco employees themselves, frustrated at the rate of change within Cisco. Then the layoffs start, and people are told they don't have the skills Cisco is looking for, when in reality, it's the management which doesn't have the skills to lead.
Get rid of the huge middle and upper management layer.
Why have so many VPs and Directors?
Most of them just parrot buzzwords and carefully tread the company line instead of working on something customers really want.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
