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Consulting Systems Engineer was asked...24 January 2015

Trying to understand the position and what it entails. CSE isn't like a typical SE position at Cisco. You have to be able to articulate your answers. There wasn't too many technical questions probably because of my 15 years experience and being a CCIE already.

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Understand the specific focus for the position but be able to take the question down the the 5 ft level but then back up the answer to the 50k FT C-level. Go deep but also be able go wide and show that whole picture. Less

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Consulting Systems Engineer was asked...23 August 2012

How would you like to join sales?

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yes

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Consulting Systems Engineer was asked...26 June 2014

What is a LUN?... bit embarrassing, since i have a long established storage background.

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Logical Unit Number, perhaps!

Data Center Consulting Systems Engineer was asked...13 December 2015

Do you give presentations on a regular basis

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Yes. I present to both potential new accounts as well as giving quarterly updates to existing accounts. Less

Consulting Systems Engineer was asked...13 April 2016

What technologies do you see as being the primary focus of the industry in both the near (couple of years) and long (five years+) terms.

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Both cloud and hybrid cloud solutions will be the most important for both near and far term. Less

Consulting Systems Engineer was asked...5 April 2016

Explain how OSPF Works

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Not well enough apparently :-)

Consulting Systems Engineer was asked...20 February 2021

Mostly Technical Questions, all where difficult ones specially around MPLS, SDN, NFV

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You have to be specific in answers

Consulting Systems Engineer was asked...31 August 2013

I don't remember specifically, that was almost 4 years ago.

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They give across the board 3% "merit increases" here. Whether you do a good job or a poor one it does't seem to matter much salary wise. You can simply count on getting the standard 3%. Less

Consulting Systems Engineer was asked...14 February 2018

Questions around past work experience. Describe a time when you solved a problem for a customer. Some situational type questions: How would you solve a certain problem. Very customer facing focused. Additional questions to determine if I'd be a good fit with the company culture.

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Answered questions based on past experience.

Consulting Systems Engineer was asked...8 June 2015

It was a very technical interview. I believe the most difficult question I was asked was something about how to setup an IPSEC tunnel on a Cisco ISR.

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Like a boss, I got the job.

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Trying to understand the position and what it entails. CSE isn't like a typical SE position at Cisco. You have to be able to articulate your answers. There wasn't too many technical questions probably because of my 15 years experience and being a CCIE already.

How would you like to join sales?

What is a LUN?... bit embarrassing, since i have a long established storage background.

Do you give presentations on a regular basis

What technologies do you see as being the primary focus of the industry in both the near (couple of years) and long (five years+) terms.

Explain how OSPF Works

Mostly Technical Questions, all where difficult ones specially around MPLS, SDN, NFV

I don't remember specifically, that was almost 4 years ago.

Questions around past work experience. Describe a time when you solved a problem for a customer. Some situational type questions: How would you solve a certain problem. Very customer facing focused. Additional questions to determine if I'd be a good fit with the company culture.

It was a very technical interview. I believe the most difficult question I was asked was something about how to setup an IPSEC tunnel on a Cisco ISR.

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