Big ol' company, but still has some punch
Big ol' company, but still has some punch
Competitive pay and benefits compared to similar industries and positions.
Leadership recognizes market movements and customer needs.
Many great teams and subject matter experts to learn from.
Many opportunities for lateral movement.
If considering working here, judge on a team basis, as quality of life and employees varies vastly between teams.
Management consists of politicians that would eat Obama for breakfast.
Low employee diversity.
Many stale/underperforming employees, but Cisco is very slow to fire (based on performance).
Start following Cisco's vision and values in practice, rather than on paper.
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I had one coding question during the onsite interview that I could not answer at the time. I had no idea how to approach it. The other 6 coding questions were okay. The manager was very nice, but the engineer was not very nice.
Software Engineer
The recruiter set up a phone screen. This was an hour long, and the interviewer asked me about OS, Data Structures, OOPS, and gave me a problem to solve. Then, there was an onsite round, which consisted of more DS and algorithm problems, varying fro
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Phone interview, then two technical phone interviews. These were supposed to be 45 minutes each, but the second interview went on for more than 2 hours. Three rounds of onsite interviews, each an hour long. Then three more rounds of final interviews
Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesMarch 1, 2018I had one coding question during the onsite interview that I could not answer at the time. I had no idea how to approach it. The other 6 coding questions were okay. The manager was very nice, but the engineer was not very nice.
Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2017The recruiter set up a phone screen. This was an hour long, and the interviewer asked me about OS, Data Structures, OOPS, and gave me a problem to solve. Then, there was an onsite round, which consisted of more DS and algorithm problems, varying fro
Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2021Phone interview, then two technical phone interviews. These were supposed to be 45 minutes each, but the second interview went on for more than 2 hours. Three rounds of onsite interviews, each an hour long. Then three more rounds of final interviews
