Two rounds, with three interviews in each round. Process is not fast, as they are engaging with multiple candidates. With each interview, the discussions seemed to get more and more engaging. This seemed to demonstrate that the content from one interview discussion was captured and passed on to other interviewers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Dialogue was always in context and related to personal experience and approach.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Cisco in Apr 2025
Interview
1) Email via LinkedIn to apply to the role
2) First phone interview 2 days later with HR/Recruiter - which went well
3) Zoom meeting with the hiring manager - went great
4) Prep work for a virtual mock call with 3 people in total (2 weeks after the hiring manager interview) (local VP of sales/Sales manager other country/local hiring manager) - aced the mock call
5) 2 months pass - ghosted
6) 3 months have passed - role changed name and function - 0 update from the recruiter. Said he'd get back to me once he gets an update from management.
I think it's a great company with even better products, however the overal hiring process has been sub-par and not professional in the slightest.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
How do you make sure you're talking to the right stakeholders?
It was smooth since I was contacted for the position. Everything was maintained in transparent way step by step. Although it took few more days for the final interview call.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco in July 2024
Interview
Initial interview was with hiring manager, second round was individual interviews with other sales leaders (3 of them), third round was interview with SE Manager. Spent 5 hours interviewing and countless hours prepping for said interviews just to be ghosted. Shows lack of respect for candidates time.