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Updated 7 Oct 2024

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
Round 1 - Coding Test 

One take home assignment

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions on JS basics
  • Q2. Angular deep dive
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General discussion with hiring manager

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just focus more on JS fundamentals, Angular, NgRx, RxJs you will be good.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Make Kanbon board in react live coding
  • Ans. 

    Create a Kanban board in React during live coding interview

    • Use React components to represent different sections of the Kanban board (e.g. To Do, In Progress, Done)

    • Implement drag and drop functionality for moving tasks between sections

    • Utilize state management (e.g. useState) to track the tasks and their statuses

    • Style the board using CSS or a UI library like Material-UI

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Write unit testing for the same
  • Ans. 

    Unit testing is a software testing method where individual units or components of a software are tested in isolation.

    • Identify the unit to be tested

    • Write test cases to cover different scenarios

    • Use testing frameworks like JUnit or NUnit

    • Mock external dependencies for isolated testing

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Front end development

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Not Selected
Round 1 - Coding Test 

2 coding questions in c/c++, 1 hr 30 mins - no. of deletions/additions needed to make 1 string equal to another. 2. print frequency of each number in array

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

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Sep 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Two problems, one easy and another medium level.

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. One linked list Problem
  • Ans. 

    Reverse a linked list

    • Iterate through the linked list and reverse the pointers

    • Use three pointers to keep track of current, previous, and next nodes

    • Update the pointers accordingly to reverse the list

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Questions on project and solutions we porvided
Round 3 - Behavioral 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About the current project
  • Q2. Some behavioural questions

Skills evaluated in this interview

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 (1)

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 (4)

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 Software Engineer III

 (2)

 Associate Software Engineer

 (1)

 Embedded Software Engineer

 (1)

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain 3G call flow
  • Ans. 

    3G call flow involves multiple steps including network registration, call setup, and data transfer.

    • User equipment (UE) registers with the network by sending a Location Update Request.

    • Network authenticates the UE and assigns it a temporary identity.

    • UE initiates a call by sending a Setup Request to the network, which then establishes a connection with the called party.

    • Data transfer occurs between the two parties over the...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Explain 23 to 3G handover
  • Ans. 

    23 to 3G handover is a process where a mobile device switches from a 2G network to a 3G network for better data speeds and coverage.

    • Handover process involves the mobile device connecting to a new network while maintaining the ongoing call or data session.

    • The switch from 2G to 3G network is triggered based on factors like signal strength, network congestion, and data speed requirements.

    • During handover, the mobile device...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Networking related questions
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Location & compensation related

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

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

One hour Leet code medium question

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Golang related questions and Question on projects done.

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Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Reverse linked list using the recursion
  • Ans. 

    Reverse a linked list using recursion

    • Create a recursive function that takes the head of the linked list as input

    • Base case: if the head is null or the next node is null, return the head

    • Recursively call the function with the next node as input

    • Set the next node's next pointer to the current node

    • Set the current node's next pointer to null

    • Return the new head of the reversed linked list

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Find max number in the linked list using stack.
  • Ans. 

    To find max number in linked list using stack.

    • Create an empty stack.

    • Traverse the linked list and push each element onto the stack.

    • Pop elements from the stack and compare with max value.

    • Return the max value.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare basics. Be confident
. Give answer properly

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Oct 2022. 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.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Checked general aptitude

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Multiple coding rounds each tougher than the last

Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Mostly related to Python and Kubernetes
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Mostly related to salaries
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Apr 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

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.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude relates questions... It was modratley difficult

Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Twchnical rouns. Qas easy... Asked questions oc C and some. Projects
  • Q2. Reverse linked list using recursion
  • Ans. 

    Reverse a linked list using recursion

    • Create a recursive function that takes the head of the linked list as input

    • Base case: if the head is null or the next node is null, return the head

    • Recursively call the function with the next node as input

    • Set the next node's next pointer to the current node

    • Set the current node's next pointer to null

    • Return the new head of the reversed linked list

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What is difference between mutex semaphore?
  • Ans. 

    Mutex is a locking mechanism to ensure exclusive access to a shared resource, while semaphore is a signaling mechanism to control access to a shared resource.

    • Mutex allows only one thread to access the shared resource at a time, while semaphore can allow multiple threads to access the shared resource simultaneously.

    • Mutex is binary, meaning it has only two states - locked and unlocked, while semaphore can have multiple s...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just give your best.
. Interview will be easy
Rest all was good

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Feb 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

Hacker rank codinv problems level medium

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Coding round again D and S
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. System design tech dummies
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Common questions , why we should hire you , achievements

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare for D and S and system design depends on team and role in terms of difficulty

Cisco Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cisco Senior Software Engineer interview?
Cisco interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cisco interview process are Technical, Coding Test and HR.
How to prepare for Cisco Senior Software Engineer interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Cisco. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Cisco expect are C++, Python, Linux Administration, Cisco and Data Structures and Algorithms.
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