Cisco is an OK Place to Work
Cisco is an OK Place to Work
Flexible about telecommuting and work hours.
Stable company.
Good place to start a career and learn for a few years, but may not be a good place to stay forever.
Senior leadership team has a good vision.
Career advancement can be slow.
It can be difficult to find good opportunities to grow career-wise.
Management, which is 2 levels or above, doesn't listen to you.
Cisco is so big it can be difficult to understand how the senior leadership's vision fits in with the individual contributor.
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Software Engineer
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.
