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).
Thorough interview process, beginning with a deep technical interview about my experience and expertise, followed by a managers interview about higher level topics. After 2 interviews I was given an offer which I accepted. Previous interview experiences with Cisco were similar, with just the interviewers being different.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give us an example of a major project you designed and delivered, including what went well and what you'd do differently next time.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cisco (Hyderabad) in Oct 2025
Interview
Interview round consist of 4 to 5 rounds and the first round was missilana, second was around project. Third was around project. Fourth was a child round, but still, I didn't got the fallback, therefore, I will raid 3 or 2 out of 5, the interview process because they didn't reach out to me at least they should have rejection. The rejected mail
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Kurukshetra) in Dec 2025
Interview
Total 3 rounds of Interview:
1. Technical Round : CS fundamentals, DSA, Resume
2. Managerial Round : Resume only
3. HR Round : All basic HR questions like Why Cisco, Fit for Relocation or not etc.