The leadership is ethically sound, and an ethical culture is promoted. Employees are compensated fairly, and managers are encouraged to be considerate towards allowing a good work/life balance.
Engineers get to work on modern and leading-edge network technologies, often with deep worldwide market penetration, which can be rewarding.
Cisco does not have any real research division. All work is very product-to-market focused.
The company is very big, which means bureaucratic processes, red tape, and infighting.
Engineers work in very boring cubicles. The "break rooms" are noisy, dirty kitchens.
Very technically detailed.
It was good. They asked mainly about: * Algorithms * Testing frameworks * Testing concepts * Release activities and processes * CI/CD pipelines * Repository architecture
The interviewing process was very confusing. The hiring manager changed the job description, did not allow the recruiting team to be involved, and would continually misrepresent the position. It appeared only certain H1B candidates would be considere
Very technically detailed.
It was good. They asked mainly about: * Algorithms * Testing frameworks * Testing concepts * Release activities and processes * CI/CD pipelines * Repository architecture
The interviewing process was very confusing. The hiring manager changed the job description, did not allow the recruiting team to be involved, and would continually misrepresent the position. It appeared only certain H1B candidates would be considere