Cisco Software Development Engineer I interview questions
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cisco (Coimbatore) in Jul 2018
Interview
Three rounds + HR
First round was conducted online
It consisted of Mathematical Aptitude, Technical Aptitude and Networks.
Around 60 people were shortlisted from 600.
I was called the next day.
Second round (F2F) : Questions on networks, OS, and data Structures
This round went for around 45-50 minutes.
I was called for the third round.
Third round (F2F) : Questions on Networks (deeply).
This round went for around 30-35 minutes.
And I was called for the HR round.
HR Round : About salary, About college and Personal questions.
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Question 1
Questions on Mutex,Stacks,Data Structures, layers of networks and OS concepts
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco in Feb 2018
Interview
I applied via the Cisco jobs portal and got contacted by the recruiter after a couple of days. The interview had multiple stages: pre-screening on the phone with the recruiter, a screening with the hiring manager, and two on-site 2h30 technical interviews (depend on what the team + your qualifications; I had a mix of computer networking and basic algorithms & data structures questions).