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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Applied from the school website and had a phone interview. The questions were quite easy, and the interviewer was helpful.
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There were four rounds. First was an online test, assessing data structures, networking, and electronics skills. Second and third were technical interviews. The last one was with HR.
Software Engineer
A written test followed by four rounds of interviews. These included questions about my project, basic programming, and puzzles. The last round was an HR round, where they mostly asked about why I wanted to join Cisco.
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United StatesNovember 1, 2013Applied from the school website and had a phone interview. The questions were quite easy, and the interviewer was helpful.
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IndiaAugust 1, 2019There were four rounds. First was an online test, assessing data structures, networking, and electronics skills. Second and third were technical interviews. The last one was with HR.
Software Engineer
IndiaDecember 1, 2013A written test followed by four rounds of interviews. These included questions about my project, basic programming, and puzzles. The last round was an HR round, where they mostly asked about why I wanted to join Cisco.
