I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Ottawa, ON) in Dec 2022
Interview
2 interviews, 1 hour each
Technical leetcode style questions in both interviews. They were medium difficulty. Also general programming questions which you had to answer speaking wise. There weren’t any behavioural questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to take 2 set of files and merge them together in Python so that their time stamps are in order from recent to oldest
It's a one hour long panel interview with two to four engineers. The interview contained behavioural questions, resume walk through, python and c implementation, c trivia questions, os concepts, debugging.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cisco in Feb 2026
Interview
Applied 1/14, prescreening with recruiter 1/29, interview with hiring manager 2/9, offer 2/13
Very easy interview and manager was super nice! Mostly was just asked about the projects on my resume with a couple problem-solving questions surrounding my projects.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you prove your product's safety to the user? (Essentially asking my testing process)
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA)
Interview
The interview has two rounds:
Round 1 focuses on solving DSA problems within 45 minutes, testing logic, efficiency, and coding skills.
Round 2 involves resume screening and project discussion, where you explain your contributions, technical decisions, challenges faced, and overall understanding of your work.