Cisco Systems Interview Questions & Reviews in San Jose, CA Area
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Updated Feb 10, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Intern at Cisco Systems
Posted Feb 10, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in San Jose, CA (took 2 weeks)
first got a 1:1 interview on campus. asked behavior questions such as team work, problem solving. also asked some technical questions. then got a phone interview from the hiring manager. got the offer within 2 weeks.
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Negotiation Details
not negotiate
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Cisco Systems
Posted Feb 2, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Sunnyvale, CA (took a day)
Very friendly, opportunity to share experience and ask questions, non-technical as first interview is fine.
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Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Engineering Manager at Cisco Systems
Posted Jan 28, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in San Jose, CA (took 1+ week)
Pretty typical, resume, phone interview, in person interview, call back, offer/negotiation.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
it was typical and fair.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Product Manager at Cisco Systems
Posted Jan 11, 2012
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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 Oct 2010 in Milpitas, CA (took 4+ weeks)
Had an initial phone screen that was very much like a consulting interview (market sizing, etc). 30 days later I was contacted again to interview for a different position. Only one round with 5 interviews including sales, engineering, but mostly product managers. One group interview where I presented a business problem to the PM leadership. The interview questions consisted of grilling on the product domain I would be working in (even though I had little background in it -- good thing i did my research), brainteasers (what's the TAM for dryers in the US), and how to sell questions ("sell me something in the room").
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
difficult. i had to refuse to get a modest pay increase
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Project Manager at Cisco Systems
Posted Jan 10, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in San Jose, CA (took 2 days)
Recruiter arranged telephonic interview, Manager asked about pm experience, PM concepts, real life situations.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Software Engineer at Cisco Systems
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in San Jose, CA (took a day)
been asked for the background knowledge;
been tested with C++ skills;
been tested with Java skills
been tested with protocols;
did not answer all the question correctly;
there were 5 rounds interviews;
took one day;
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Senior Product Manager at Cisco Systems
Posted Dec 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 Mar 2009 in San Jose, CA (took 4+ weeks)
Very professional, everyone seemed nice, 1/2 day type of interviews. My advice would be to negotiate as much as possible up front since they dont really do yearly raises.
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Negotiation Details
nothing, Cisco had it all figured out no options, take it or leave it
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Strategic Program Manager at Cisco Systems
Posted Dec 16, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in San Jose, CA (took 4+ weeks)
My resume was sent to HR with an employee referral and generated a call from a recruiter. I passed the phone screen and was told an interview would be scheduled with the hiring manager. This took one month. Had interview with manager but was told the decision would be put off until January.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Background Check.
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Software Engineer at Cisco Systems
Posted Dec 15, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in San Jose, CA (took 1 week)
The first round consisted of a technical screen which didnt have any programming. There were a few behavioural questions, one reasoning based question(given a long sentence and was asked what was wrong with that sentence) and some technical questions about virtualization,cloud computing,threads etc.
Then i was selected for a continous 5hr webex session with 5 interviewers.The first interviewers didnot turn up for 1hr 20 min.Second and Third went well.Fourth wasnt available too.So they sadi they would reschedule the other interviews. But they had sent a reject in just like an hour and a half.
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer III at Cisco Systems
Posted Dec 13, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in San Jose, CA (took 6 days)
It was very similar to any other big company
Negotiation Details
I din't negotiate well
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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