Well hiring process is pretty straight forward , HR reaches out and lays out the job description , salary and then give you assessment questions that are reviewed by hiring manager who then interviews you , second interview is with you future colleagues and that’s it .
**Issue - no scope for negotiation or no opportunity to get considered in a senior support role . Salary offered is not competitive
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Mar 2012
Interview
Following rounds took place :
1. Telephonic : Introduction to job desicription and employee introduction. - 20 min
2. Telephonic : Technical screeing : Questions were very basic but you need to have in depth knowldege-2hr
3. Face to Face : Technical - Asked to choose one topic and then had 15-30 min of tough questions on that one.
4. Presentation : Got a 24 page technical documentation to read within less than 45 min. I Didn't read all the pages. Then had a Video Conferencing with a panel and gave them the presentation where they put in a lot of questions. - 30-40 min
5. Technical : Had a Technical round on Video Confrencing with a panel . 10 -20 min
6. Manager Round . Had Video Conferecing with a Manager. Had some operational question , Personality questions and some managerial questions. 40-50 min
7. HR Round : Discussion with HR on Compensation and Other benifits : 15 min.
Then recieved the offer after 7-8 Working days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to troubleshoot a given MGCP senario on a note book.
I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Aug 2022
Interview
it was three rounds (Tr, Mr, HR). they mainly focused on networks, and anyone coding language. One with good knowledge in coding and computer science topics can easily crack the interviews
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Chicago, IL) in Feb 2022
Interview
The first call was with a recruiter who gave me a quick rundown on the company and role. A follow-up interview was scheduled a week later with the hiring manager but the manager didn’t show. I contacted the recruiter and they said there was a mixup, another call was scheduled a week later. The call with the manager was mostly behavioral based questions and listed 1.5 hours. A follow-up interview was schedule for a week later with Tier 2 and Tier 3 support to ask technical questions. That call last just over an hour. A third interview was scheduled two weeks later with two Tier 1 agents to do more technical questions and that call lasted an hour. All of the calls went really well. I never heard back from the recruiter after that interview and my email/calls were ignored. Outside of the whole process taking over a month I’d have to say it was pleasant. I wish I had more information about why they never contacted me again.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you encountered a difficult situation and how you handled it.