The hiring process at Cisco takes an average of 46 days when considering 2 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for CSM had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Intern Field Sales roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
The process was 5 years ago, met with the hiring manager and then his boss at the Coffee Shop. Following by a presentation and QA session with the leadership team for Sales and the Engineering leaders. Challenged to see how you handle questions and objections.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell him a why we should look at SD-WAN for the future?
There was a general online assessment which you had to complete within one hour and thirty minutes. After that a recuiter call and another interview setup with actual engineers solving medium leetcode problems.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They had 3 leetcode problems, 2 easy and 1 medium.
It consisted of two 45 minute interview on simple data structure and algorithms. Half of the time they asked me about my resume and the other half of the time was devoted to technical interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For the technical portion, they asked questions that involved arrays and for loops.