Cisco Software Engineer interview questions
Updated Jun 5, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 34%Applied onlineApplied online
- 13%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 7%RecruiterRecruiter
- 2%OtherOther
- 2%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 1%In PersonIn Person
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Cisco interviews FAQs
- Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 65% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 662 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 Software Engineer according to 662 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 22%
Skills test: 15%
Group panel interview: 10%
Background check: 10%
Presentation: 7%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 1%
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