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      Software Engineer II Interview

      Jul 15, 2016
      Anonymous employee
      San Jose, CA
      Accepted offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2015

      Interview

      Four people interview, it is pretty easy. Every round is 45 minutes. OS, C, data structure question. One people do not watch me while the interview. The other four are good at interview. Question about the OS, C, data structure and computer architecture, atomic operation. The interview is not so hard. Prepare and try, they will hire you not because you are capable, it is because your loyalty.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1. mutex, semaphore. 2. OS 3. C programming question and data structure
      Answer question

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      Software Engineer II Interview

      Aug 19, 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Milpitas, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Milpitas, CA) in Aug 2025

      Interview

      1. Call with recruiter 2. Technical interview 1 (coding) 3. Onsite interview 3a. Technical interview 2 (logic, dsa) 3b. Technical interview 3 (look at code, talk about your projects) 3c. Hiring manager interview (look through past Github projects)

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      In the interview with the hiring manager, they pulled up my Github and started asking me questions about a project I had previously done.
      Answer question

      Software Engineer II Interview

      Apr 26, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      San Jose, CA
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA)

      Interview

      Questions on DSA and basic Operating Systems and networking questions. Also, there was a behavioral round that covered all from my resume and gave to situations to respond accordingly. I got the interview call through GHC and it had only 2 interviews

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Questions on DSA and basic Operating Systems and networking questions.
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      Software Engineer II Interview

      Nov 4, 2023
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Cisco

      Interview

      I successfully completed the online assessment, demonstrating proficiency in all questions and test cases. However, there has been no communication or update on the interview process from the company since.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Sliding window and HashMap-based questions.
      Answer question