Cisco·Software Engineer

Cisco Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

Medium

Positive

San Jose, CAPosted Mar 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

For the internship path, the process kicked off with an online HackerRank assessment that included three LeetCode problems split between easy and medium difficulty.

After I passed, I moved into a technical interview with the manager for the team I’d be working on.

That manager conversation lasted about an hour. It started with general questions and then turned more domain-specific, along with basic networking-related questions. I also had another round where the assessment covered data structures and algorithms and coding, followed by behavioral questions, and then a final conversation with engineers or managers.

Across both experiences, the technical bar felt average: enough to test real fundamentals, but not purely abstract. I ended up with an offer

Create a free Dataford account to unlock the full round-by-round breakdown, the questions asked and the outcome.

Read the full report Read the full report

Preparing for this interview?

Cisco Software Engineer interview guideThe full process, round by round, with the question bank Practice Software Engineer interview questionsReal questions from this role across companies All Cisco interview guidesEvery role we cover at this company