An OK firm
An OK firm
They are an innovative company.
Decent office environment. The redesigned office space looks great. The old office space has tall cubicles giving a lot of privacy but not much light from windows.
RTP facilities offer great entertainment/recreation options: a doctor's office, a gym, a masseuse, Starbucks, two cafeterias, a disc golf course, a sand volleyball court, basketball, and the list goes on...
Diverse team with different backgrounds, age, nationality, and culture.
No micromanagement.
Cisco's latest push to innovate in IoT caused a few veterans (10+ years) to leave the company, mainly because of uncertainty in direction and an unclear/incomplete strategy.
Cisco does have the same problems that other big corporations have with bullying and workplace aggression. I was not personally victimized, but from reading one of the farewell letters, I learned about a case of bullying.
Air quality in some buildings is bad. It stinks almost as bad as the RTP IBM campus.
Refine your strategy to include all branches of your business.
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During a layoff years past, I received a phone call from a group that wasn't affected. They asked if I was still interested in a group I had inquired about years prior. I talked to the hiring manager for a long time and got the job. Typically, the
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After the LeetCode Easy and Medium technical interviews, they followed up with behavioral interviews with two different teams. I eventually received an offer with my second interviewer and team lead. The process took about a month.
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Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United StatesSeptember 1, 2012During a layoff years past, I received a phone call from a group that wasn't affected. They asked if I was still interested in a group I had inquired about years prior. I talked to the hiring manager for a long time and got the job. Typically, the
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Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United StatesNovember 1, 2009Simple technical questions, mostly networking knowledge and coding/debugging skills.
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Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United StatesApril 4, 2025After the LeetCode Easy and Medium technical interviews, they followed up with behavioral interviews with two different teams. I eventually received an offer with my second interviewer and team lead. The process took about a month.
