I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Nov 2022
Interview
interview process was pretty clean; only thing is that for my second interview i never got a confirmation email with the webex info, and after emailing the hr, and an hour before the original interview time, i finally got a reply back saying that it got cancelled. it got rescheduled for the next week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to deal with a difficult teammate and how did you overcome that
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Feb 2026
Interview
There was a preliminary interview before the main interview, and they will ask you questions about what was discussed in the preliminary interview to see whether you understood it. The preliminary interview is with a talent interviewer to see if you fit the role.
30 minute virtual interview with a lead in the practice
Standard behavioral questions and one case like question that was testing how you'd react to solving a hypothetical business problem