I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco in Sept 2021
Interview
Online Assessment- three easy/medium leetcode questions
Final Interview- two coding questions (easy leetcode) with several behavioral questions
Really study up on behavioral questions because they seemed to care about the response to those and come with questions about the company to ask interviewer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Common STAR questions
Understand basic data structures, algorithms, and time/space complexity (trees, hashmaps, BFS, DFS)
It's a one hour long panel interview with two to four engineers. The interview contained behavioural questions, resume walk through, python and c implementation, c trivia questions, os concepts, debugging.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cisco in Feb 2026
Interview
Applied 1/14, prescreening with recruiter 1/29, interview with hiring manager 2/9, offer 2/13
Very easy interview and manager was super nice! Mostly was just asked about the projects on my resume with a couple problem-solving questions surrounding my projects.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you prove your product's safety to the user? (Essentially asking my testing process)
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA)
Interview
The interview has two rounds:
Round 1 focuses on solving DSA problems within 45 minutes, testing logic, efficiency, and coding skills.
Round 2 involves resume screening and project discussion, where you explain your contributions, technical decisions, challenges faced, and overall understanding of your work.