Cisco is rock solid, but lacks inspired innovation
Cisco is rock solid, but lacks inspired innovation
- Excellent work environment, casual but demanding.
- The Cisco name: the king of networking.
- A very solid, stable company, without any really aggressive competition.
- Plenty of paid time off.
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As an intern, I have observed that the work week can be extremely long for full-time employees. This type of time commitment is expected when customer issues arise (some members of my team just put in a 100-hour work week).
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There is some flexibility with work/life balance in that you can work a 40-hour week if you get your job done and can choose when you come to work and leave. However, if you expect any type of promotion, work must be your life.
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Too many constraints and stringent processes cause a lack of innovation and creativity.
Invest more in R&D to develop more innovative technologies.
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Quality Assurance
It was fairly good and well organized. The team was very friendly and interactive. The interview process was smooth and finished the process in a week.
ML/AI Engineer
It was a one-round interview. It was predominantly on data science and large language models. They gave me a repo of an agent framework and asked me to find the code where reward is calculated.
ASIC Design Verification Engineer
The first round was essentially a screening interview with the recruiter. We mostly discussed my resume, past experiences, and had a general conversation about the company and the role. The second round was more technical. It involved a deeper dive
Quality Assurance
San Jose, California, United StatesNovember 14, 2025It was fairly good and well organized. The team was very friendly and interactive. The interview process was smooth and finished the process in a week.
ML/AI Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesOctober 24, 2025It was a one-round interview. It was predominantly on data science and large language models. They gave me a repo of an agent framework and asked me to find the code where reward is calculated.
ASIC Design Verification Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesJuly 1, 2025The first round was essentially a screening interview with the recruiter. We mostly discussed my resume, past experiences, and had a general conversation about the company and the role. The second round was more technical. It involved a deeper dive
