Hardware Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Hardware Engineer Intern roles take an average of 44 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cisco overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cisco as a Hardware Engineer Intern according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 25%
Background check: 25%
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Asked experience about Timing and clock tree. Completely different with the requirements in the Job Description. They don't care about what you did, only care about what they want. What they have for interview is not possible for a master student did in college.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you have any experience in Clock tree and timing?
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
Round 1: Online test (networking, coding, C programming questions, Operating systems, electronics)
Round 2: Group Discussion
Round 3: Technical Round ( All questions were asked from your resume only)
Round 4: Manager Round ( Basic management questions and few questions on your personality)
Round 5: HR Round ( Questions were asked about the company and from the PPT company had delivered during the campus drive)
The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
Interviewed at job fair. Received an offer within a month or so.
Interview was mostly technical but very simple basic electrical engineering questions. Analog. Circuit analysis, op amp theory.. etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Solve for current and output voltage in an RC circuit.
Gain of an opamp circuit. Ideal opamp characteristics.