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Updated Apr 29, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Software Engineer at Cisco Systems
Posted Apr 29, 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 Apr 2012 (took a day)
webex interview with mgr
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Cisco Systems
Posted Apr 4, 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 Mar 2012 (took 1 week)
I was initially interviewed with a quick phone screen. Just some C debugging questions. I flew through it. Was later invited for a telepresence (Cisco's proprietary video conferencing system) interview. I only had to go to my local cisco office while my interviewers were in California. There were 3, 1:1 interviews. One by the project manager, then by a senior manager and then by a software engineer. The first was resume based, plus some HR questions. The second was purely resume resume based plus some knowledge questions. The third was purely code based with some C questions. (Pointers and stuff)
The manager called me the next day to let me know I was selected!
Interview Questions
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Negotiation Details
I did not negotiate! I was a new grad with ZERO professional xp. I did have my masters degree though. That might have been why they offered me Software Engineer II position. And the base salary was VERY GOOD. People told me cisco pays well. But I wasn't expecting a 6 digit salary. Especially considering I have ZERO professional xp. Negotiating was never in my mind. For awhile I even thought they called the wrong person. Heh.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Software Engineer at Cisco Systems
Posted Apr 2, 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 Nov 2011 in San Jose, CA (took 3 days)
got the interview through a referral. the interview process consisted of a technical onsite interview with five people.
First interviewer was very thorough and went through everything on my resume and asked me many questions on extra activities and not on coursework.
Second interview was a skills test and comprised of questions like diffrence between a mutex and semaphore. which data structure to use in what situation etc.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Cisco Systems
Posted Mar 4, 2012
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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 Jun 2010 (took a day)
2 phone interviews and a full day of onsite interview. General programming questions, data structures, networking were asked.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Cisco Systems
Posted Feb 8, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 (took a day)
Talked a little about myself and current projects.
He then asked me to code up factorial. I did it recursively, he then asked me to do it iteratively.
I coded it up perfect, and he said that was all the coding i needed to do.
Not sure why they didnt ask me harder questions, especially since i did it perfectly and didnt get an offer. I was one of the first interviews of the day, so i think he may have under estimated the level or interviews he was giving or something.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of 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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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer at Cisco Systems
Posted Dec 28, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Austin, TX (took a day)
They take your GPA seriously into considerations.
Then they look for systems related project experience.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Cisco Systems
Posted Dec 15, 2011
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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 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.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer at Cisco Systems
Posted Nov 18, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 (took a day)
was very exciting to interview with them for this position. Hr was very helpful and really enjoyed the experience.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer at Cisco Systems
Posted Nov 18, 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 Nov 2011 in Raleigh, NC (took 2 weeks)
I had a phone interview with 3 members of the team. The interview was pretty standard. Some technical questions. Then after a week I got a call for 2nd round, which was telepresence. I was interviewed by 3 groups each for 45 mins. The interview consisted of technical & personality questions. Technical questions: Java, DS basics, SDLC etc. Was not difficult if basics are clear.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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