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      Hardware Interview

      Jun 22, 2017
      Anonymous employee
      San Diego, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cisco (San Diego, CA) in Apr 2015

      Interview

      The interview process was not very difficult. Questions were mostly behavioral with some inquiries about work/industry experience and what tools I was familiar with. Do keep in mind this was for an undergraduate sophomore-level internship.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Have you ever used a spectrum analyzer before?
      Answer question

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      Hardware Interview

      Feb 8, 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through university. I interviewed at Cisco in Oct 2020

      Interview

      I was contacted for a hardware position, but the job ended up being software-based. I was quite confused at first because of that, as I was expecting only hardware questions. I was asked a lot about different IDEs and the embedded software buses.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Q: Are you familiar with Linux? Q: How do concurrent buses work in embedded software
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      Hardware Interview

      Sep 3, 2016
      Anonymous employee
      Los Angeles, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Los Angeles, CA)

      Interview

      I got the interview from employee referral. The manager gived me a phone interview. Its about 40min and asked some of personal question like my educational background, employee experience and my resume contents. Then gave me some Tech questions about verilog and asked me build sone modules. And asked my valiable time to start work.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Fifo,blocking nonblocking, processor, tomasulo,
      1 Answer