Product Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Manager roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cisco overall takes an average of 47 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cisco as a Product Manager according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 100%
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cisco (Austin, TX) in Feb 2022
Interview
Interview with the hiring manager for 30 mind, panel interview for an hour with a question prompt they sent and 3 more 1:1 interviews with an Engineer, designer, and Senior Director of Product Manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. How do you decide what to build?
2. How do you communicate with your stakeholders?
3. What is your terrible day and how do you deal with it?
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Feb 2026
Interview
Very good process... in depth and met with several leaders and project team members. Good experience, and the team was reall welcoming. Highly recommend as a place to work and build a career.
Interview with Cisco was nice and human. HR was really good at their job, quite pleasant. All important informations were handed out upfront and I felt like the process will not be too long.
There are about 3 rounds with the last round being 3-4 interviews. I began with a phone screening then moved to next round, with all different. Last round were 3 behavioral with one presentation