J'ai postulé via un recruteur. J'ai passé un entretien chez Cisco (San Jose, CA) en janv. 2013
Entretien
case interviews and behavioral interviews with hiring manager and couple levels above as well as peers in different parts of the organization. met with about 10 people total. phone screen, then onsite interviews. took about 3-4 weeks in total from phone screen to offer. fairly pleasant experience, friendly, not hostile. hiring manager had coffee lunch with me after offer to see if i had additional questions, this helped seal the deal
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
tell me about challenging situation and how you handled it
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 2 mois. J'ai passé un entretien chez Cisco (Bengaluru) en août 2025
Entretien
Moderate difficulty, covering networking, embedded systems programming, people management and project management. Focus on test infrastructure, test coverage, CI/CD infrastructure. Innovative thinking for business problems. Linux system programming. Hiring manager, recruiter were cordial. Team members were professional and courteous. Was a positive experience
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Examples of scenarios of handling under performance
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. J'ai passé un entretien chez Cisco (Londres, Angleterre) en janv. 2025
Entretien
They asked many, many technical questions. Eventually, they said no after realising I lack experience in the field. Overall a lot of technical and enterprise knowledge is required for this role.
J'ai postulé via la recommandation d'un employé. Le processus a pris 4 mois. J'ai passé un entretien chez Cisco (Raleigh, NC) en mars 2015
Entretien
Contacted by recruiter to start formal interview process. The recruiter phone screen included basic questions about my background, salary expectations, and qualifications. The recruiter gave me basic information about the role, the team and the process. This was followed by WebEx interviews with the hiring manager and two senior people on the team.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
The interviews were not difficult. I wasn't grilled with questions. The interviews were basically conversations about my skills and experience and the needs and goals of the team.