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Cisco Choice Intern at Cisco Systems
Posted Oct 19, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 in Richardson, TX (took a day)
I was interviewed on campus once and then given an offer about a month later. Surprisingly there were very little technical questions. Much of the interview was behavioral like "tell me your strengths and weaknesses" etc... My interviewer did ask me about specifics on the projects I listed on my resume.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Calo Co-op at Cisco Systems
Posted Jun 29, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Richardson, TX (took a day)
Very technical phone interview. I was asked about every technology listed on my resume. Others have stated that their interview was very basic. This is fair, as not everyone has the same level of knowledge going into an internship. I was actually interviewed by the RTP site as well. That interview was entirely HR questions.
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Negotiation Details
No negotiation.
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Associate Sales Representative at Cisco Systems
Posted Feb 3, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Dallas, TX (took 4+ weeks)
First there was a phone interview, which was pretty standard. Questions included:
Why are you interested in Cisco?
What is the CEO's name?
What makes you a good fit for the ASR program?
An interesting aspect of the phone interview was being told to "pitch" the interviewer on something/anything that you're passionate about. This was around March Madness so I chose the college basketball tournament fever. Made it to the next round.
The in-person interview process was the most intense I've experience. Create a powerpoint presentation for a ten minute presentation to a group of up to 5 people. Pitch a panel of 3 people on using a product of theirs. Then interview with 3 people who ask you the personal/behavioral questions (If you could have any superpower, what would it be?).
They responded via e-mail 2 weeks later (literally the last day that they said they might respond).
Interview Questions
What makes you a good fit for the ASR program?
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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Software Engineer at Cisco Systems
Posted Jan 29, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in Richardson, TX (took a day)
The interview took place in a hotel conference room. We were then given a tour that they give to prospective corporate relations. We were never given an opportunity to see the offices themselves.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Customer Support Engineer at Cisco Systems
Posted Aug 15, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 in Richardson, TX (took 4 months)
Definitely know the OSI model and the basics of networking. Minimum expectation is to have at least CCNA level experience. Then also be prepared to talk about your experiences in working with customers, kind of like a high tech call center. People/Soft skills are as important as technical skills, though few managers value that.
EXPECT the STAR interview technique, like tell me about a time.
Be prepared to answer any and everything on your resume. I interviewed for a technical position but my CV stated I took an Accounting and Market course in Grad Schol. I was asked to tell the Porter's five forces.
Bottom line, be prepared to defen your resume in it's entirety.
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N/A
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Background Check.
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Oracle Applications Team Lead at Cisco Systems
Posted Jun 29, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Plano, TX (took a day)
I was suprised to find out there was no initial phone interview and had to travel to Plano for a face-to-face interview on a Saturday. Company policy is not to reimburse interview expenses which was a pain considering I had to travel and stay overnight.
Once I got there for the interview, I found myself sitting in the break room with several other candidates for differing positions and no matter how much I tried, I felt like a 'number' rather than a potential employee.
I interviewed with with 2 practice managers and was fairly standard except there was no sales pitch of the company or questions asking about my aspirations or why I was interested in Infosys. Unfortunately this only increased the feeling of being a number and not a potential employee.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer IV at Cisco Systems
Posted Feb 25, 2010
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2008 in Richardson, TX (took a day)
On the Phone interview, I was aksed questions mostly from my resume and background. I was asked quesions on
1. Descrtibe RADIUS protocol in brief
2. Describe the differences between TCP and UDP
3. Describe the end-to-end callflow for one system you worked
4. Threads vs Processes
5. Task scheduling in vxWorks
and some more questions based on my resume
In the main interview, I had 1:1 with four people spread over the day
1. Describe Pre-emption
2. priorirt Inversion and how to overcome it
3. Interrupts and ISRs
4. How do timers work in vxWorks
5. Semaphores
5. Linked list vs array
7. Trees, BSTs and when to use
And other questions were mostly to explain on white board what all I did in my last 10 years..and design details of that and why it was designed that way etc
Then some questions on the debugging tools I used like GDB
Negotiation Details
It was farily strainght forward. I asked a figure, they quoted something. After 2 rounds to going back and forth, they agreed to what I was asking.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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