Software Engineering Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Cisco as a Software Engineering Intern according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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They asked mostly behavioral questions, with one fairly easy technical. As long as I explained my answer to the technical question, it seemed to make them happy. They would make the interview feel more like a conversation. Overall, very friendly interviewer and process.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cisco (Mountain View, CA) in Aug 2024
Interview
Had an OA, then a recruiter screen, then first round interview mostly in JavaScript. Asked around 10 conceptual questions, then two live coding questions, I would say both were mediums or tougher easy level.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Database query question, reading into a hashmap spitting out summarized visualized data.