Product Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Manager roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 134 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cisco overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cisco as a Product Manager according to 134 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 12%
Background check: 11%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Drug test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Boston, MA) in Oct 2015
Interview
It was impossible to schedule, the role is in the US, but for some reason it had to be scheduled through a 3rd party accenture contractor in India. It was a nightmare, took over 2.5 weeks to eventually get the first round technical interview scheduled. Actually cancelled it because I had already received other offers by the time they finally got the time figured out.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Feb 2026
Interview
Very good process... in depth and met with several leaders and project team members. Good experience, and the team was reall welcoming. Highly recommend as a place to work and build a career.
Interview with Cisco was nice and human. HR was really good at their job, quite pleasant. All important informations were handed out upfront and I felt like the process will not be too long.
There are about 3 rounds with the last round being 3-4 interviews. I began with a phone screening then moved to next round, with all different. Last round were 3 behavioral with one presentation