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Cisco Software Engineer interview experience

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IndiaPosted Feb 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process kicked off quickly after I submitted my resume online.

I received an email inviting me to an online assessment, and the timeline sounded straightforward—there was a window to complete it. The assessment setup itself was immediate enough that it felt like the application was processed fast.

But the outcome was the opposite of how it felt while I was still in the assessment stage. Even though the email suggested I’d have a couple of weeks to finish, my access effectively ended after about a week and I was rejected before I could complete what I planned.

It was hard to shake the feeling that the early signal came from the system rather than from a

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