Cisco Program Manager interview questions

Process was fairly straightforward and interviewers gave me a good insight into what the job entailed. I was asked a lot of behavioral questions - around working in a cross functional role and exerting influence, ability to get the job done etc. There was a lot of give and take of information during the interview.

The initial contact came from a recruiter at a body-shop. They conducted a 30 minute phone screen, and referred me to Cisco - the position was a 6 month contract. There were several rounds of phone interviews with several manager and director level folks in the team, all 1:1. The questions were really softball "tell me about yourself" type questions. The phone interviews lasted anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour. The people were all really friendly, although by the last interview I could tell they were just going through the motions, they had already selected someone else.