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Cisco Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Apr 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a set of rounds that felt very domain-specific from the start.

The early discussion focused on my work tied to SRAM and system-level design topics, and I was asked to implement a problem in SystemVerilog. That first technical direction made it clear they weren’t looking for generic software answers—they wanted engineering alignment with the hardware/HDL side.

Then I had a later round with a different format, more like a super-day style setup with multiple mini-interviews. One interviewer focused on how I’d talk about my resume and projects, including internship-related work and walking through what I’d done before. Another segment leaned into technical

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