Project Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 81% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Project Manager roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 16 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cisco overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cisco as a Project Manager according to 16 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Phone interview: 13%
Background check: 11%
Other: 9%
Group panel interview: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Skills test: 7%
Personality test: 4%
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The interview process was all right. It was as to be expected. I interviewed with multiple people. All the interviews were in separate, individual meetings. They didn’t ask many job-specific questions.
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