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      Software Engineer I Interview

      4 Jan 2011
      Anonymous employee
      San Jose, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Nov 2010

      Interview

      I started with the company from a Job Fair at my university. The turn around time between meeting with a PR and getting an e-mail took about two weeks. They let me know about on-campus interviews and I signed up for one. At the interview, I was paired with a young gentlemen who asked mainly technical questions based around data structures and algorithms. Afterwards, I was contacted two weeks after for an on-site interview. I had the interview in their Texas location. It consisted of 3 45-minute interviews. Compared to other friends who had their interviews at the same time, mine was fairly personality based. I was asked only one technical question, but my other friends were technically grilled. I think it matters for the random group you were placed in. I had a fairly positive perception of the company afterwards. There were two or three presentations as well as a tour which highlighted the work environment and life. It seems very group-based, and those there seemed to be engaging and good listeners.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Test this pen
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