Access to great minds.
If you network, you have a lot of access to people that can help you advance your position. You can get a position that requires travel to stay in your preferred area.
Training is always available for free for Cisco products, but I always had training for other company products as a choice.
It's harder to advance if you are on the technical side and not in a major city where Cisco has a presence. Big company politics (just like any other). Lots of organizational changes. The sales organization is favored over other divisions.
This process is very tedious. After going through the basic "checklist" interview with the recruiter, you speak with 5-6 different individuals and then go through a couple of panel interviews. The entire process typically takes 4-6 weeks to complete
The interview process began with the program/hiring manager reaching out directly for a brief phone interview. After the initial phone interview, I had six WebEx interviews. Some focused purely on technical aspects, some on presentation aspects (bot
The character and soft skills seemed to go very well, but the technical content was surprisingly tough. As one might expect, I theorize there is a minimum level of networking skill for anything beyond an entry position. Overall, I think the process
This process is very tedious. After going through the basic "checklist" interview with the recruiter, you speak with 5-6 different individuals and then go through a couple of panel interviews. The entire process typically takes 4-6 weeks to complete
The interview process began with the program/hiring manager reaching out directly for a brief phone interview. After the initial phone interview, I had six WebEx interviews. Some focused purely on technical aspects, some on presentation aspects (bot
The character and soft skills seemed to go very well, but the technical content was surprisingly tough. As one might expect, I theorize there is a minimum level of networking skill for anything beyond an entry position. Overall, I think the process