Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Cisco as 80% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Account Manager and Senior System Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Account Manager and Marketing roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Cisco takes an average of 44 days when considering 5 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Account Manager had the quickest hiring process (on average 28 days), whereas Senior System Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 60 days).
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco in Nov 2012
Interview
You apply online. If you are selected, you are invited to first submit a video presentation of 3 questions you are asked, then if you do well you go on for a video interview using cisco webex. If you pass that then an in person interview at a location of a cisco partner.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe your technical background? A very broad question, plan what you are going to say. Make sure to be specific and provide examples.
Describe a time a team member was not carrying his weight? How did you handle it?
How do you deal with stress?
Tell me a time when you had a lot of work to do? How did you handle it?