I applied through university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Nov 2018
Interview
I applied through a university career fair and got an on campus interview. About a month and a half after I was told I got next steps and was asked to do a online coding assessment before the final on-site interview. After this I attended Cisco Day which was the final interview which consisted of 1 technical and 1 behavioral interview.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Given a paragraph (string with space delimited words) and a word (string), return whether the word appears in the paragraph.
They care about your skills, rather than your background. They have a template which they provide and you got to fill that, everyone is provided a unique number. You are instructed not to disclose any of your personal details in the due course of your interview.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco in May 2026
Interview
Series of 4 interviews, First screening with HR Recruiter, reviewed resume and qualifications, second was hiring manager, reviewed experience and skills. Technical interview with team as a panel type interview, Last with hiring Director.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical questions on networking. Experience with work enviroment
The interview process was two rounds. The first round was a behavioral interview. Straightforward questions, like tell me about the most technically challenging project you have worked on. The second round was a system design interview.