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      Hardware Engineer Interview

      30 May 2012
      Anonymous employee
      San Jose, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in May 2012

      Interview

      Talked with the hiring manager at campus carrier fair, if you met minimum GPA requirement you'll get first round interview which is purely behavioral. Got email 1 week after asking me to go for on-site interview. After I arrived at Cisco site, they first gave me a skill test, including digital system design questions and written skill test. Then followed by 2 panel interview with different team. They are focused on the skill test completed before. Finally I was given a site tour. Got called back 2 weeks after the interview.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      VHDL
      Answer question

      Question 2

      C/UNIX question
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