Cisco·Software Engineer

Cisco Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

VāranāsiPosted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The interviews leaned strongly toward core CS and infrastructure topics rather than focusing almost entirely on DSA.

I got questions around computer networks, OS, OOPs, and DBMS, and the emphasis felt more on resume and general fundamentals than on pure algorithm practice.

At points it felt like the coding portion and the deeper technical questions were aimed at low-level design and practical design thinking, plus some system-design style discussion rather than only LeetCode-style challenges.

Even though the process was described as average difficulty, the amount of networking-focused groundwork they wanted still made it feel demanding. I didn’t receive an offer, and my reflection was that the interview

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