Cisco Software Engineer interview experience

The set of questions covered a mix of operating systems, DBMS, and computer networking fundamentals, which gave it a broad technical scope.

A couple of questions seemed a bit off to me—specifically things like file system architecture—but the overall balance across topics still felt solid. Even with that mismatch, the interview itself was friendly and the process felt respectful.

Difficulty was labeled difficult, but it didn’t feel chaotic; it just covered a lot. I didn’t receive an offer, and my reflection was that I understood what they were testing, even if one or two parts didn’t match