Software Engineering Manager 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.
Candidates applying for Software Engineering Manager roles take an average of 5 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Software Engineering Manager according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Other: 33%
Presentation: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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6-7 rounds of interviews by each of the stakeholders such as the team leads, Snr Manager, Product Manager, Project Manager, Director. Most of the interviews questions were focused on ensuring you were the right fit in terms of understanding their software development processes and on the ability to keep the team motivated and avoid attrition.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q. how are you a good fit for the culture at Cisco?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Feb 2021
Interview
There were 3 rounds of technical and behavioural questions. The interviews were conducted
professionally for 40mins with 5mins of Q&A.
There were technical questions on current project and then many behavioural questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (Columbia, MD) in Aug 2017
Interview
I was interviewed by five different people, including the technical architect, my manager and my manager's manager. Technical questions were handled by the architect (who had veto power) and a couple of other staff. Questions were more general than many other locations.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you handle a team member who was not performing at a high enough level.