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).
The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cisco in Nov 2009
Interview
I met the person who later became my manager at the career fair in my school. She liked my resume and scheduled me for 1:1 interview in my school. The interview went well. Some questions were technical and some were behavioral. They called me one week later to schedule a phone interview. The phone interview was like an orientation and some simple technical questions. One week later, I was offered the job
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is the difference between a router and a switch
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco in Nov 2011
Interview
I initially submitted my resume through a job fair at schoole with the hopes of joining the Associate Systems Engineering(ASE) ranks. An important point to make for the title of systems engineer is that each company has a slightly different definition of the systems engineer. Cisco defines the systems engineer as a technical sales person with a focus on informing a customer about products and services available. The first round interview was a phone interview that consisted of a couple questions about my resume and then the interviewer asked about routers and switches. This question is geared towards your understanding of the TCP/IP architecture and doesn't have to be exact technical understanding of how the system works but do know the basic functionality. The second question was what are the difference between a switches and routers. I kept it high level and used non technical examples to explain the difference. After the technical questions i was able to ask some questions about what the next steps were and how to prepare. He talked a little about the final part of the interview process and got me in contact with one of the newly hired ASE. I was then recommended for the second round interview.
The second round in the interview process is a video presentation on what this phrase means to me "The Network is the Platform." I am not really that good at video presentation and did a fairly basic presentation with a video camera, a script and my smiling face. After submitting the video i got an email a few weeks later saying the spots were filled for the final interviews. I would recommend for the video just doing what comes natural for you.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What does the Phrase "The Network is the Platform" mean to you?
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Hyderabad) in Dec 2011
Interview
A difficult written test(too many subjects with basics and little advanced questions) followed by a two member panel interview followed by a very easy hr interview
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
How to overcome the problem with intruders in design of high bandwidth systems?