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Cisco Sdet Automation Test Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 16 Apr 2023

Cisco Sdet Automation Test Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Oct 2022. There were 4 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.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

Basic Easy Level LeetCode Questions.

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Medium Level Questions from LeetCode along with questions on String and one scenario based DS question.

Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Manager Round where he asked me about my past experience and some basic day to day tasks

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

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Dec 2022. There were 3 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.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Selenium and testng questions.
  • Q2. Java program to reverse a sentence
  • Ans. 

    Java program to reverse a sentence

    • Split the sentence into words using the split() method

    • Create a new array to store the reversed words

    • Iterate through the words in reverse order and add them to the new array

    • Join the reversed words using the join() method to form the reversed sentence

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Oops and collection questions.
  • Q2. Program to find repeated character in a word.
  • Ans. 

    Program to find repeated character in a word.

    • Iterate through each character in the word

    • Store each character in a data structure

    • If a character is already present in the data structure, it is a repeated character

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Jul 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Networking related questions
  • Q2. Questions related to file transfer between multiple systems
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Multithreading questions
  • Q2. Related to multiple thread synchronization, lock etc
Round 3 - Coding Test 

Space and time complexities were asked for program

Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Managerial round
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jun 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Core java and OOPS concepts and basic coding tricks and puzzly questions

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Selenium webdriver basic
  • Q2. Automation testing
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salarydiscussion
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Jul 2022. There were 4 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 - Coding Test 

Java oops ds algo framework design api sql must

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Coding ds framework design sql

Round 4 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is salary expectation
  • Q2. Location of joining and how soon you can join.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
No response
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Reverse linked list
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I was interviewed in Feb 2024.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain framework
  • Ans. 

    A framework is a set of guidelines, libraries, and tools that help in developing and executing automated tests efficiently.

    • Provides structure and organization for test automation projects

    • Promotes reusability of code and components

    • Offers built-in functionalities for common testing tasks

    • Supports integration with different tools and technologies

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Explain your framework
  • Ans. 

    My framework is a data-driven framework using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG for automated testing.

    • Utilizes Selenium WebDriver for interacting with web elements

    • Uses TestNG for test case management and execution

    • Employs data-driven approach for test data management

    • Supports parallel execution for faster testing

    • Includes reporting features for test results analysis

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via Indeed and was interviewed before Aug 2022. There were 4 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 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Theoretical concepts mostly related to testing and some Java/Python related concepts.
  • Q2. OOps Concepts, Java new Updates
  • Q3. Collection Framework
  • Q4. Maximum substring Sum , Merge two arrays without extra space .
  • Ans. 

    Find maximum sum of substring and merge two arrays without extra space.

    • Use Kadane's algorithm to find maximum sum of substring in an array.

    • To merge two arrays without extra space, use two pointers approach.

    • Example: Input arrays [1, 2, -3, 4, 5] and [6, 7, 8], output merged array [1, 2, -3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8].

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Coding Test 

Medium level data structure and File handling .Coding on a paper.(2-3 questions based on Arrays and Strings that includes searching and Sorting )

Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Final discussion with the Manager and it was also mostly Coding based only but Simple questions like Given a selenium Task and write Code for that . Framework concepts and then 1 Coding Question about Mult...

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Oracle Sdet Automation Test Engineer interview:
  • Selenium
  • Rest Assured Api
  • Jenkins
  • Core Java
  • Data Structure
  • Medium Coding Questions
  • Arrays
  • Collections
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn Coding do not just cram the questions from Google as it will also help you at your work place because you have to write a lot of Code that is just not about Selenium .

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. DSA two sum. question was asked
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jul 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

2 Basic leetcode problems

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Asked questions from my Resume.
  • Q2. Asked questions about my Non-Technical Experiences
  • Q3. Asked me to automate some things from selenium webdriver because I had mentioned projects on resume.
  • Q4. Asked me to write some content explaining about cybersecurity awareness because I had mentioned Content Writing on my resume.

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for IBM Sdet Automation Test Engineer interview:
  • DSA
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be Honest and Concise, Dont overshare when a question is asked, just answer the question in its entirety

Cisco Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cisco Sdet Automation Test Engineer interview?
Cisco interview process usually has 4 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cisco interview process are Coding Test, Resume Shortlist and One-on-one Round.

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