Cisco is a great place to work, but only the tough will survive and thrive
Cisco is a great place to work, but only the tough will survive and thrive
Cisco has no technology religion. We thirst for innovation and continue to adopt new technologies and development processes. We learn from the very best in the industry, and we are willing to change. You will find disruptive patterns everywhere while working at Cisco, whether in technical areas or process-related areas. You will not get bored because everything is continuously on the go. Those who are resistant to change or are uncomfortable with trying new things should not apply.
There is a lot of pressure on individual contributors to get "visible" because of the annual ranking process. The process has a limited quota for top performers, so every year, management fights with each other to promote their own team, and individual contributors step on each other to get ahead. Ironically, Cisco greatly promotes teamwork and collaboration. However, with this limited quota ranking system, teamwork is just a slogan. Only the naive will believe and practice it.
Be more fair to judge individual performance, not relying on what they talk about, but on what they do and how they do it.
Get more technical so you can fairly judge the performance of individual contributors.
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An OA (Online Assessment) is auto-generated just after application. Then, based on performance on the OA, you get a reach-out. These are followed by rounds such as technical, behavioral, and screening rounds. The screening is followed by technical ro
Software Engineer
All technical questions: Domain knowledge: * Computer networks (How to get an IP address? What is PCIe? What is Ping?) C programming language: * Linked lists (Add node to the tail) * Bit manipulation (Function for set bit)
Software Engineer
I completed two phone interviews. They asked basic questions, and nothing was too difficult. The interview mostly focused on past experience. It seemed a little impersonal, almost as if they were reading from a script.
Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesJuly 1, 2025An OA (Online Assessment) is auto-generated just after application. Then, based on performance on the OA, you get a reach-out. These are followed by rounds such as technical, behavioral, and screening rounds. The screening is followed by technical ro
Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesFebruary 1, 2025All technical questions: Domain knowledge: * Computer networks (How to get an IP address? What is PCIe? What is Ping?) C programming language: * Linked lists (Add node to the tail) * Bit manipulation (Function for set bit)
Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesDecember 5, 2024I completed two phone interviews. They asked basic questions, and nothing was too difficult. The interview mostly focused on past experience. It seemed a little impersonal, almost as if they were reading from a script.
