Don't join if you are on H1B
Don't join if you are on H1B
Work-life balance is good.
Working from home can make it flexible.
Good facilities and benefits.
I won't recommend Cisco if you are on H1B. They will keep doing layoffs and they will be unable to file your PERM.
Pay is not so great.
- Small or non-existent pay raises
Poach some executives from the newer and cooler web companies to be better at making software.
Cisco is still mostly a hardware company.
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Software Engineer
Basic coding questions were asked, but there was more focus on situational questions and previous experience. The coding questions were around basic data structures, such as reversing linked lists and detecting palindromes.
Software Engineer
Phone screen with manager and senior engineer. On-site with engineering director, hiring manager, and senior staff engineers. HR offered a day later after back-and-forth negotiation about salary.
Software Engineer
It was a very logical and straightforward process. We did not waste any time. The questions made sense, and it seemed like a good place to work. Emails and responses came very quickly, which I am thankful for.
Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesDecember 1, 2021Basic coding questions were asked, but there was more focus on situational questions and previous experience. The coding questions were around basic data structures, such as reversing linked lists and detecting palindromes.
Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesMay 1, 2011Phone screen with manager and senior engineer. On-site with engineering director, hiring manager, and senior staff engineers. HR offered a day later after back-and-forth negotiation about salary.
Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2022It was a very logical and straightforward process. We did not waste any time. The questions made sense, and it seemed like a good place to work. Emails and responses came very quickly, which I am thankful for.
