MS Grad Software Engineer @ Cisco
MS Grad Software Engineer @ Cisco
Lots of learning/growth opportunities. Ability to switch to project management, technical marketing eng, or various tracks. Fun work culture, good work-life balance.
Slightly slower to adapt than modern software companies.
Restructuring exercises outside of your control.
Not as competitive as some newer software companies.
Identify engineers whom you want to keep around, and those who 'float' around gaining little expertise.
Reward those who go above and beyond, and release those who hide or throttle their productivity.
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The interview process was good, and the questions were sensible for my experience. They asked me to explain all concepts on the board, including automation. A laptop was provided, and we were told to solve the questions.
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A pretty decent experience. The process consisted of a phone interview followed by a one-on-one interview. This was for the Cisco Choice Program. The interviewer was very friendly. The interview wasn't too technical; it was more like a conversati
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Onsite + 2 telephonic interviews. Basics of data structures. Lots of MCQs on C programming. Bit manipulation. Write clean and bug-free C code during interviews. You are expected to write clean C code in those interviews. Basics of linked lists and
Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2015The interview process was good, and the questions were sensible for my experience. They asked me to explain all concepts on the board, including automation. A laptop was provided, and we were told to solve the questions.
Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesNovember 1, 2009A pretty decent experience. The process consisted of a phone interview followed by a one-on-one interview. This was for the Cisco Choice Program. The interviewer was very friendly. The interview wasn't too technical; it was more like a conversati
Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesApril 1, 2012Onsite + 2 telephonic interviews. Basics of data structures. Lots of MCQs on C programming. Bit manipulation. Write clean and bug-free C code during interviews. You are expected to write clean C code in those interviews. Basics of linked lists and
