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      Software Engineer II Interview

      22 Oct 2010
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco in Oct 2010

      Interview

      I interned with Cisco for 2 summers and then moved to another company to broaden my experience. The interview below was for a full-time position. There was supposedly only one round, after which you either got an offer or you didn't. 1) I spoke with a recruiter at a campus recruiting event. On looking at my resume, he was immediately sour (and even rude) at the fact I chose not to do a 3rd consecutive internship with Cisco. Nonetheless, he invited me to a 1:1 interview the next day. 2) The interview was with the same recruiter I spoke to the day before. All questions were behavioral ("tell me about a time when..."), except for one where he told me to give him a sample SQL statement. He kept mentioning that his boss told him to come back with an "unlimited number of candidates to give offers to". 3) A few days later, I got an email saying "thank you for applying, but Cisco is not interested". Overall a very negative experience, but mostly a function of the arrogant and unprofessional recruiter I happened to get paired with. Probably could have gone quite differently depending on the interviewer.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      What is the harshest, but best piece of criticism you ever received?
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      Question 2

      What statement describes you best? Do you "love to win" or "hate to lose", and why?
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      19 Aug 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Milpitas, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
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      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Jose, CA
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
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      I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA)

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      Neutral experience
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