Great people, great work-life balance
Great people, great work-life balance
Work/life balance is good. Hours are flexible.
Slow promotion and slow career progress.
Less politics and spending money on acquisitions, more focus on building products and developing talent from engineers inside of Cisco. Cisco is like a big boot camp for FAANG. So many talented engineers worked at Cisco and then left to join FAANG.
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The interview process was standard, with no big surprises in terms of interview questions. Overall, it was an interesting experience.
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I applied online and secured a phone interview with Cisco Systems for a software engineering position. The interviewer was very friendly and began by asking questions about my resume and previous projects. Gradually, they moved on to more challengin
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If you are applying for a full-time position, you typically get 4-5 interviews conducted via WebEx, Cisco's favorite tool. Be prepared to be asked to turn on your camera (which may or may not happen). It's likely that your interviews will be spread o
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San Jose, California, United StatesApril 1, 2012The interview process was standard, with no big surprises in terms of interview questions. Overall, it was an interesting experience.
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San Jose, California, United StatesMarch 1, 2010I applied online and secured a phone interview with Cisco Systems for a software engineering position. The interviewer was very friendly and began by asking questions about my resume and previous projects. Gradually, they moved on to more challengin
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San Jose, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2015If you are applying for a full-time position, you typically get 4-5 interviews conducted via WebEx, Cisco's favorite tool. Be prepared to be asked to turn on your camera (which may or may not happen). It's likely that your interviews will be spread o
