Solicité el puesto por otro medio. Acudí a una entrevista en Cisco (Research Triangle Park, NC) en oct 2019
Entrevista
Submit a video, behavioral, technical, and one in-person that lasted half a day. Interview process lasted ~1 month and was given an offer soon.
After speaking with many of the interviewees, I noticed quite a bit of nepotism in the hiring process.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
What is a LAN?
What is a WAN?
If you were in an elevator with someone that did not know what Cisco was, how would you describe/explain the company?
Envié una solicitud electrónica. Acudí a una entrevista en Cisco (München, Bavaria)
Entrevista
Der gesamte Ablauf war sehr angenehm. Zunächst führte ich ein ausführliches Gespräch mit dem Hiring Manager, gefolgt von einem technischen Interview. Anschließend fand ein Rollenspiel statt, in dem eine realistische Kundensituation simuliert wurde. Zum Abschluss präsentierte ich noch ein Produkt und beantwortete dazu verschiedene Fragen.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Was weiß ich von Cisco.
Rollenspiel.
Presentation zu einem Produkt.
Smooth and simple
4 rounds
2 technical round
2 HR round
Technical questions are logical somewhere while HR round quite smoother.
One technical round was quite tricky to answer.so try to push answering without saying I don't know.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Technical question : they will give you one scenario and ask you to how to troubleshoot and solve the problem
Solicité el puesto a través de la recomendación de un empleado. El proceso duró 3 meses. Acudí a una entrevista en Cisco en ago 2025
Entrevista
I went through multiple rounds of interviews for a Cisco Solutions Engineer role, including technical interviews, a peer panel, and even preparing and presenting on Cisco SD-WAN. The feedback during the process was consistently positive — one panelist even told me the interview went well.
And then? Silence. No closure, no communication. I only discovered the role was closed when I logged into Cisco’s careers site and saw my status change. After weeks of effort and follow-up emails, I never received any professional notice from recruiting or the hiring team.
For a company of Cisco’s size and reputation, this is unacceptable. If this is how Cisco treats candidates they’ve actively engaged and invested time in, I can only imagine how little they value employees once they’re inside.
Cisco talks about culture and collaboration, but their hiring process shows the opposite — disorganization, lack of respect for candidates’ time, and complete failure to communicate. Don’t waste your time here unless you’re prepared to be treated like a number in a broken system.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Talk about SD-WAN, Security, DC (light), Routing/Switching