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Cisco SDE-2 Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 21 Mar 2022

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SDE-2 Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 21 Mar 2022

I was interviewed before Mar 2021.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

2 coding question both and 15 MCQ

Only C , Java , Python are allowed

  • Q1. 

    Minimum Steps for a Knight to Reach Target

    Given a square chessboard of size 'N x N', determine the minimum number of moves a Knight requires to reach a specified target position from its initial position...

  • Q2. 

    Maximum Size Rectangle Sub-matrix with All 1's Problem Statement

    You are provided with an N * M sized binary matrix 'MAT' where 'N' denotes the number of rows and 'M' denotes the number of columns. Your t...

Round 2 - Video Call 

(6 Questions)

Round duration - 45 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Around 6 am morning
2 interviewers

  • Q1. 

    Reverse Linked List Problem Statement

    Given a Singly Linked List of integers, your task is to reverse the Linked List by altering the links between the nodes.

    Input:

    The first line of input is an intege...
  • Q2. Can you explain synchronization in operating systems in detail?
  • Q3. Can you explain the OSI model and provide an example for each layer of data transfer?
  • Q4. What is a NAT router?
  • Q5. How would you compete with Google if you wanted to create a search engine?
  • Q6. What is the total amount of water on Earth?
Round 3 - Video Call 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Manager Round

  • Q1. Can you describe the challenges you faced during your master's thesis?
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 10 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Salary breakdown and Location preference

  • Q1. Are you satisfied with the salary breakup?

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteriaNoneCisco interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Computer Network Gate CS Level, Operating System college Level, Array and Linked List, Dynamic Programming, DFS and BFSTime required to prepare for the interview - 3 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Computer Network should be strong
Tip 2 : Exposure to system programming also helps
Tip 3 : At least 150 problems and C++ was not allowed so prepare accordingly

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Project should be really good
Tip 2 : Write Computer Network and Operating System Courses in resume as course taken

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview questions from similar companies

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Q1 - Delete all entries of a given number from a linked list.
Q2 - Find inorder traversal of a BST (with and without recursion).

Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic introduction and background
  • Q2. Almost every details of computer networks

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - does not give ppo offer after the intern.
Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
-

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Behavioral 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why we should not hire you.
  • Q2. Past experiences

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Complete waste of time. I had this managerial round after clearing 2 round of detailed interviews, both with Indian and US resources. Most of their questions made no sense. Budget is feeble, but a candidate is being examined from all perspectives of his past professional life and mistakes.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Q1 - Delete all entries of a given number from a linked list.
Q2 - Find inorder traversal of a BST (with and without recursion).

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Apr 2023. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

30 questions in 25 minutes including Quant and Logical questions

Round 3 - Coding Test 

2 coding ques in 30 min

Round 4 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Online Tech interview asking ques from resume and coding based
  • Q2. Print reverse of a string
  • Ans. 

    Reverse a string using array of characters

    • Convert the string to an array of characters

    • Use a loop to iterate through the array in reverse order

    • Append each character to a new string to form the reversed string

  • Answered by AI
Round 5 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. HR round asking basic hr question

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Nokia Networks Sdet Lead interview:
  • OOPS
  • Computer Networking
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Go through your resume well
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
View all tips
Round 2 - Coding Test 

30 mcq's OF coding and 30 mcq's of apti

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Oops,computer networks
  • Q2. 4 pillars of oops , tcp ip model ,osi model
  • Ans. 

    4 pillars of OOPs are Abstraction, Encapsulation, Inheritance, and Polymorphism. TCP/IP and OSI models are networking models.

    • Abstraction: Hiding implementation details and showing only necessary information.

    • Encapsulation: Binding data and functions together and restricting access to them.

    • Inheritance: Creating new classes from existing ones, inheriting their properties and methods.

    • Polymorphism: Ability of objects to tak...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - stick to the basics, and work on your programming skills

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via campus placement at Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Pimpri and was interviewed before May 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. I was Interviewed for Intern position. Question was, - Brief about project that I had done - some basic c++ bug detection - Why you want to work in hardware and not in software development.
  • Q2. Tellme about yourself

Sdet Interview Questions & Answers

Nvidia user image Anonymous

posted on 27 May 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before May 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

C, C++, OS, aptitute test, OS concepts

Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. C, C++ data structures
  • Q2. Concept of pointers,double pointers
  • Ans. 

    Pointers are variables that store memory addresses of other variables. Double pointers store memory addresses of pointers.

    • Pointers are used to access and manipulate memory addresses of variables.

    • Double pointers are used to store memory addresses of pointers themselves, allowing for indirect access to variables.

    • Example: char *ptr; int **dptr;

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Lists, data structures, coding mcqs
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Are you planning to do Masters?

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