Cisco

Good Balance, Bad Wfh

Software Engineer

Former Employee

Worked at Cisco for less than 1 year

November 3, 2021

San Jose, California

Good Balance, Bad Wfh

Software Engineer•Former Employee•Worked at Cisco for less than 1 year

November 3, 2021

San Jose, California

3.0

Pros

Balance is good for work and life.

Cons

The work-from-home option is bad.

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Cisco Interview Questions

Collect Coins in a Tree

Hard

Imagine a tree where some nodes have coins. You want to collect all the coins, but you can only traverse the tree. Find the minimum number of edges you need to travel to collect all the coins.

GraphsTrees

Minimum Time to Collect All Apples in a Tree

Medium

Imagine a tree where some nodes have apples. Find the minimum time needed to collect all the apples and return to the root, considering the time to travel each edge.

TreesDepth-First SearchRecursion

Rotate Image

Medium

You are given a square matrix representing an image. Rotate the image by 90 degrees clockwise in-place.

Arrays

Cisco Interview Experiences

Software Engineer

San Jose, California, United States

October 1, 2013

Very reasonable interview process. * Phone interview with hiring manager. * Group technical interview. * Closing interview with senior management.

Software Engineer

San Jose, California, United States

October 1, 2013

Very reasonable interview process. * Phone interview with hiring manager. * Group technical interview. * Closing interview with senior management.

Software Engineer

San Jose, California, United States

September 1, 2008

Initial two phone interviews

Software Engineer

San Jose, California, United States

September 1, 2008

Initial two phone interviews

Software Engineer

San Jose, California, United States

September 14, 2024

Invited onsite from phone call. Three rounds: * Two technical * One with hiring manager Seemed to have done well, but I accepted an offer elsewhere. Good experience; very polite and knowledgeable people.