I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meraki in Nov 2023
Interview
In the last two weeks, I have been undergoing interviews for a position at Cisco Meraki. There were four technical rounds, including a live coding session in the first technical interview, followed by three more technical interviews with questions. Additionally, I had two interviews with the HR team from the consulting agency handling the recruitment process.
The first three technical interviews with the Meraki team were great, very positive experiences with respectful individuals who were mindful of the interview duration. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same for the last interview. He arrived almost 10 minutes late, which was understandable, but his demeanor was not as friendly as the previous interviewers. Throughout the interview, he seemed bothered, and his microphone had intermittent issues.
The interview, initially scheduled for 30 minutes and conducted during my lunch break, ended up lasting 50 minutes because he did not adhere to the allotted time. Despite being able to answer the technical questions, I occasionally had to ask him to repeat due to the difficulty in understanding his accent. After three successful rounds where I was approved and praised, the fourth round, unfortunately, turned out to be a significant disappointment, resulting in my elimination from what was supposed to be the final stage of the process.
It was a frustrating and exhausting experience. I believe a fourth technical round was unnecessary, especially after three thorough and enlightening rounds. I hope the selection process improves, as I was genuinely excited about the prospect of joining the company, and now I have a different, negative perception.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's the difference between an interface and an abstract class?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meraki
Interview
Got the usual call from the recruiter to setup the first round of a tech call. I thought I did well except I didn't finish all of the questions but not that I couldn't they were simple and straight forward but it was just bit confusing at first looking at their code and how the questions were setup and what the ask was. (There's a lot of text and information that you don't need to know to perform the exercise) Funny thing was the interviewer seemed as confused as I was when I asked him for some tips. :) Tip: * Ask interviewer how much time you have and what questions you need to do. So you have an overall idea of at what pace you need to do them.
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Meraki
Interview
Multiple steps of interview: Initial introductory phone call Then coding interviews Technical interviews code review interview HR communication After final step, they asked for another round with their principal software engineer. Then HR bargaining.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
object oriented design of a simple game using javascript code review for a web application in a git repo