Cisco Solutions Engineer interview experience

Feedback during the process was consistently positive, and at least one panelist told me the interview went well.

What surprised me most was the silence afterward. I kept following up for weeks without getting any real professional closure, and I wasn’t given a clear answer from recruiting or the hiring team. Eventually, I discovered the role was closed only because I checked my status on Cisco’s careers site.

I didn’t get an offer, and the whole experience left me frustrated—not because I couldn’t handle interviews, but because the lack of communication made it feel disrespectful of the