SDE-intern applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SDE-intern roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cisco overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cisco as a SDE-intern according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Background check: 20%
Presentation: 20%
Skills test: 20%
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Cisco (New Delhi) in Oct 2024
Interview
It was 3 rounds interview process, Start with technical round 1 where i was discussed about my rsume, 2-3 dsa problems, Computer fundamental.
They were more emphasize on operating system and computer network
First round of interview was basically resume related they tried to ask question about resume make sure you know everything about your resume and a very simple dsa question was asked I think it was palindrome related but I am not really sure
It went perfect and I was intimated about my next round which was done by manage who had been working at cisco for 10 years he was also interested in my resume and talked a lot about it and he also asked me a simple question from dsa and i just wrote it for him, but then he asked me to run the code now, which was not working then and i couldn't solve the error(I believe I typed psuedocode version as I didn't expect me to actually run it, if I had known I would have been more careful)
But after that he said it's okay he just wanted to see my thinking abilitiy and he tolde that he was satisfied.
Then he round was for 10-15 minute and she didn't even ask me anything that could be used to reject me question were are you open to relocate and whether I know about my internship detail
This round was also perfect according to me
And based on what I read earlier this last round was just a formality and they usually don't reject anyone, haha i was outlier I guess.
Final verdict not selected
Mostly ask graphs in code with cisco. and cn fundamentals should be strong, overall they just select one person from whole college ig so ya off campus try would be better.
medium difficulty, there were many many many many questions. the interview was 90 minutes long. it was fun but challenging as well. i will try applying again once i improve.