I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA)
Interview
Interviewed six people in one day. About half were managers, who seemed mostly interested in getting a general feel for my project management experience. One individual contributor quizzed me to make sure that I had experience directly dealing with carriers. Another asked me about my experience in dealing with difficult people while managing projects.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One interviewer was pretty focused on whether or not I would introduce needless bureaucracy or complex processes (because of the job I was interviewing for). It felt a bit uncomfortable, because it seemed as if what the interviewer objected to was the position itself, and not myself as a candidate. At any rate, I was able to answer that concern by simply asserting that I was an advocate of "mindful bureaucracy"-- which seemed to satisfy him.
There was a lengthy process with multiple levels of people. There was a lengthy interview process for Cisco Systems, Inc. There was a lengthy process with multiple levels of people. There was a lengthy interview process for Cisco Systems, Inc.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Herndon, VA) in Mar 2022
Interview
I applied online via Cisco jobs site.
The recruiter reached out to me via email and responded to questions in a word document
A few days later received a virtual interview request from the Project team
The first interview was with 3 team members PM and PrgM manager
Next interview was with Manager
Very conversational, non-technical interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you do when you have competing priorities?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2019
Interview
The interview process was fairly easy. First phone call, then one on one. From first contact to hire too about two weeks. Salary was negotiable . The whole process was very professionally done