Cisco·Software Engineer

Cisco Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

United StatesPosted Feb 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with an initial phone screen focused on networking knowledge, especially the transition between layer 2 and layer 3 switching.

That call went fine, so I moved into a follow-up interview that was scheduled soon after.

Before that next round, I asked whether there would be a LeetCode-style coding portion. What I got back wasn’t a clear confirmation, and instead of a straightforward answer I felt like I was receiving something evasive while new questions were presented. I still showed up and kept going with the discussion, but the whole exchange left me uneasy since my question wasn’t really addressed.

After that, they told me they were no longer interested in speaking with me. It wasn’t just a rejection; it felt

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