I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cisco in Feb 2016
Interview
easy, went through 2 rounds of interview for it. There were another 2 rounds of interview,
One tested algorithms, operating systems knowledge and general stuff.
Other round was based on resume.
Given a sentence of words and text of words separated by whitespaces, find out whether the words in the sentence occur in the text any where in any order. (All words must occur at least once for a positive test case)
Other Software Engineer interview reviews for Cisco
They care about your skills, rather than your background. They have a template which they provide and you got to fill that, everyone is provided a unique number. You are instructed not to disclose any of your personal details in the due course of your interview.
The interview process was two rounds. The first round was a behavioral interview. Straightforward questions, like tell me about the most technically challenging project you have worked on. The second round was a system design interview.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco in May 2026
Interview
Series of 4 interviews, First screening with HR Recruiter, reviewed resume and qualifications, second was hiring manager, reviewed experience and skills. Technical interview with team as a panel type interview, Last with hiring Director.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical questions on networking. Experience with work enviroment