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Associate Systems Engineer at Cisco Systems
No Offer – Interviewed in North Sydney – Reviewed Apr 24, 2013
Interview Details
First Stage: Video submission-> record yourself with self introduction and answering a question provided.
Second Stage: WebEx phone interview -> combination of behavioral and general technical questions.
Third Stage: Assessment Centre -> Comprises of technical exam, interview, roleplay and presentation.
Interview Question – Roleplay: being asked to sell a Cisco solution to address a client problem Answer Question
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Software Engineer at Cisco Systems
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Sydney – Reviewed Nov 29, 2012
Interview Details Good process and fair if followed correctly! Procedure driven and rather lengthy.
Negotiation Details – no cooments
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Customer Support Engineer at Cisco Systems
No Offer – Interviewed in Sydney May 2012 – Reviewed May 27, 2012
Interview Details they asked detail trouble-shooting skills.
Interview Question – how to trouble-shoot ip phone calling h323 gateway getting busy tone View Answer
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Network Engineer at Cisco Systems
No Offer – Interviewed in Sydney Sep 2011 – Reviewed Oct 29, 2011
Interview Details Hr emailed a specific date and time and asked if I was free then for a phone interview. Phone interviewer called an hour later than the specified time. The interview itself took around 15 mins, and was a current networking intern from cisco. It was more of a hr interview than a technical interview, he was interested in any projects I had worked on and the challenges faced, how I resolved problems in my last job, strengths and weaknesses, why I wanted to work for cisco and what products cisco offered.
Interview Questions
- What is a firewall? View Answer
- Define a network. Answer Question
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Graduate Software Developer at Cisco Systems
No Offer – Interviewed in Gothenburg (Sweden) May 2013 – Reviewed May 24, 2013 New
Interview Details
The interview consisted of 2 steps - phone interview and a telepresence video conference (using their own product). The first interview was just simple screening. The HR person called me and asked some questions according to my CV and said that she had to send the information to the HR manager and he will decide about the next step. The interview was not longer than 30 minutes. The same day I got a call from the person in charge of interview scheduling, and the next interview had to be in 3 days after the first one.
On the second interview, I came to the cisco sales office and I had a 2,5 hours interview with 3 different people: HR Manager and 2 developers. Mostly, the questions were easy, and there was only 1 coding question. Anyway, it was my first real job interview and it was a good experience. The people were friendly as well.
Interview Question – How to detect if a number is prime in Java? Answer Question
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Network Engineer at Cisco Systems
Declined Offer – Reviewed May 21, 2013 New
Interview Details
1. submit resume online
2. HR screen and phone interview
3. Technical phone screen
4. On-site interview
Interview Question – How do you deal with conflicts with your boss? Answer Question
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Software QA Engineer III at Cisco Systems
No Offer – Reviewed May 20, 2013 New
Interview Details Applied online, got an email from HR for a phone interview. The interview was very simple, covering topics from my resume. But never heard back from the HR.
Interview Question – About a project that I did 6 years back. I believe, the interviewer wanted to ensure, if I knew enough about the projects that I had mentioned in my resume. Answer Question
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Senior Software Engineer at Cisco Systems
Accepted Offer – Reviewed May 16, 2013 New
Interview Details First round was on-campus interview. Followed by on-site interview with 4 engineers and manager. Plenty of white boarding for clean and commented code, some brain teasers, questions revolved around arrays and linked lists. Lunch with the hiring manager towards evening. I found out about the decision in 2 weeks
Interview Question – How to reverse a linked list View Answer
Negotiation Details – Not much
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Software Engineer IV at Cisco Systems
Accepted Offer – Reviewed May 13, 2013 New
Interview Details
Through internship, by phone (I was oversea)
In person in my counry
Interview Question –
C code general questions
what is the "static" keyword for in C
Answer Question
Negotiation Details – It was for an internship, no much negotiation
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Software Engineer at Cisco Systems
No Offer – Interviewed in Boxborough, MA (US) May 2013 – Reviewed May 09, 2013
Interview Details 2 Phone Interview. 1 - HR, 1 - Hiring Manager
Interview Questions
- Given 3 systems: system 1 reaches 0xFF, then system 2 increment by 1. Everytime system 2 increments, system 3 would fetch the package. When can there be a problem? What is the problem with this system? How can we fix this? Answer Question
- They will give you the most random questions regarding DSP. Answer Question
- Write and derive any C programming Object on the board? Answer Question
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