Cisco Software Engineer interview experience

But the momentum died immediately once I reached a short call with solution architects. From the beginning, the panel seemed surprised that I’d been progressed despite not having hands-on exposure to the Cisco Collaboration platform, and it quickly became clear they were only looking for people with very specific platform expertise.

The interview barely lasted five minutes, which made it feel like the decision had already been made before I even started speaking. I wasn’t selected, but I was honestly relieved because the mismatch was so obvious; it also felt disappointing because the