Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 2 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Cisco (Bengaluru) en feb 2013
Entrevista
I had 3 technical rounds (preliminary can be telephonic but rest will be mostly face to face), 1 management round and 1 hr round for 5 yrs experience.
Out of 3 technical rounds at least one will be about programming. You will be asked to write programs on paper or execute on the laptop. After writing or executing, you will be asked to identify for missed out things or ways to improve the program.
Manager will query your expectations or attitude about work environment, culture and learning.
HR discussion will be mostly ask about salary negotiation and any other offers in hand.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
1st Round:
Explain PIM-SM operation?
What are the IPC used on your platform?
2nd Round:
Explain interesting bug which you fixed?
What is OSPF virtual link and why it is needed?
What are advantage of using loopback interface in OSPF?
How message queque is better than PIPE?
Can't PIPEs can be used as message queues?
What is the best IPC?
3rd Round:
Write a linked list program to insert elements in sorting order?
What improvements you can add to the above program?
What are the things you missed out in the above program?
Manager Round:
How you wish to see yourself after 3 years?
What is your expectations about work environment?
HR Round:
Do you have any offer in hand?
What is your salary expectations?
When you can join Cisco?
They care about your skills, rather than your background. They have a template which they provide and you got to fill that, everyone is provided a unique number. You are instructed not to disclose any of your personal details in the due course of your interview.
The interview process was two rounds. The first round was a behavioral interview. Straightforward questions, like tell me about the most technically challenging project you have worked on. The second round was a system design interview.
Me postulé en línea. Acudí a una entrevista en Cisco en may 2026
Entrevista
Series of 4 interviews, First screening with HR Recruiter, reviewed resume and qualifications, second was hiring manager, reviewed experience and skills. Technical interview with team as a panel type interview, Last with hiring Director.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Technical questions on networking. Experience with work enviroment