Cisco Software Engineer interview experience

The test included a handful of relatively easy-to-medium LeetCode-style problems and also a simple SQL question, which made the set feel manageable compared with some of the harder OA experiences I’d heard about.

After I finished, I didn’t hear back for weeks. Eventually the silence ended with no further progress, so the outcome never felt like it came from a real interview conversation—more like a long review cycle after the assessment.

It was an average difficulty path overall, and the most surprising part was just how long the gap was between taking the test and getting any signal. I