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 was given the initial OA when I made the mistake of opening the assessment, and I was unable to take the evaluation at that time. The team sent me a new link, which was very helpful.
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If you could be any data structure, which data structure would you want to be?
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cisco (Mountain View, CA) in Aug 2024
Interview
Had an OA, then a recruiter screen, then first round interview mostly in JavaScript. Asked around 10 conceptual questions, then two live coding questions, I would say both were mediums or tougher easy level.
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Question 1
Database query question, reading into a hashmap spitting out summarized visualized data.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Sep 2025
Interview
2/4 rounds i went, each round was eliminatory, first round was technical, majorly asked CN, OS question, 2 DSA maybe because we had some time left. DSA question were pretty basic, leetcode easy, CN questions were also pretty standard and same for OS, they asked me a lot of questions back to back so that was one thing, went smooth ans every question correctly. 2nd round was managerial round, and there I was rejected (recieved rejection just 5 mins after the interview). Interview was pretty serious with my ans and was processing each and every words. If he feels that this or that should be included in my answer he directly said me that after each question as a feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If a client comes to you to develop security system of his product, what will be the few questions you will ask him ?