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Cisco Software Engineer interview experience

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BengaluruPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After applying, I went through a recruiter screening where we talked through my background, why I wanted the role, and how my motivation lined up with what the team was building.

That was followed by a hiring-manager style conversation focused on my projects and work approach, and it quickly moved into a system-focused discussion—especially around past work, including the work I’d done related to GenAI.

Next came multiple technical rounds back-to-back. I remember one DSA-style problem that landed in the easy-to-medium range depending on how the interviewer framed it, and other rounds leaned heavily on Java and what I’d done before. The last parts of the process happened in a short burst of rounds, and the recruiter was unusually clear and open whenever I needed

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