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based on 1.2K ratings - Updated Jun 5, 2026

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Mar 15, 2017

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

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I interviewed at Cisco

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Telephonic General Introduction Technical Round 1 Basics of Technical Stuff Technical Round 2 More of Technical Stuff Discussion Round Work related background Managerial Round Generic introduction about the product that they are working for and how will it relate to your previous experience HR Round Generic HR questions and answers

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

C/C++ Linux OS

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Software Engineer Interview

Mar 10, 2017

Anonymous employee

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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cisco

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Everyone that I spoke with at the company was very friendly. They were looking for people who have strong leadership and communication skills in addition to tech knowledge. Be ready to talk about anything on your resume, and include projects.

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Question 1

What is inheritance?

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Question 2

Why do you want this job?

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Question 3

What do you know about Cisco?

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Question 4

What is your favorite language to code in?

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Software Engineer Interview

Mar 9, 2017

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

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Easy interview

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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cisco in Feb 2017

Interview

Applied via my college's career center website. Interview onsite. Still waiting to hear back. I'd advise researching Glassdoor for their technical questions. Know your data structures, like stacks and linked lists. 45 minute technical interview. Still waiting to hear back

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

A couple of linked list type questions - e.g. how to find the middle element of a linked list in one pass?

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