Cisco Software Engineer interview experience

The first round felt like a missional screening, then I moved into project-focused discussions where I was asked about what I had worked on. The later rounds became more of a technical follow-up, and one of the rounds felt more like a “child” round while still contributing to the evaluation.

The experience ended poorly in the sense that I didn’t get a fallback or clear closure, and I didn’t receive an update. Eventually, I got a rejection email, but it left a lot of uncertainty during the waiting period.

It didn’t end with an offer, and my reflection was that for a multi-round process, the