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Cisco Software Engineer interview experience

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BengaluruPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After the initial resume shortlisting, I was asked to pick a domain I wanted to work in.

Once I selected the domain, they did another round of shortlisting and I moved to a moderate online assessment with multiple-choice questions covering technical concepts.

The next step was a two-part interview loop. My first technical interview was very resume-focused: I walked through projects and got situation-based and scenario-based questions, plus two coding problems in the easy-to-medium range. I also spent time answering questions about my internships and extracurricular activities. The managerial interview dug deeper into my main project and included hypothetical scenarios where I

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