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Cisco Systems Customer Support Engineer Interview

Posted Feb 15, 2012 2 of 2 people found this helpful

No Offer – Interviewed in San Jose, CA Jan 2012 – Reviewed Feb 15, 2012

Interview Details – phone screen..techincal too and then 6 guys were interviewing during that time..lasted 2 hours

The interview was good..i mean nice people but be prepared in depth as its Cisco so they expect a lot and if you have certs..then be proud of them...let them hear it :)

Good luck

Interview Question – - STP..the works: BPDUs, RP, DPs etc
- DHCP IP helper concept
- Mac address, multicast, unicast
- some analytical questions..like how to troubleshoot a link down,,,,what steps
- project handling skills etc

- Some basic BGP and OSPF questions..like AS path number, load balancing OSPF links
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Other Details - I applied online and the process took a day.

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