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Cisco Software Engineer II Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 25 Oct 2022

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Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 25 Oct 2022

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Oct 2021. 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 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Reason for a Job change
    • Add your answer
  • Q2. Requested a Counter Offer
    • Add your answer
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain VoLTE call from Packet core point of view?
  • Ans. 

    VoLTE call from Packet core point of view

    • VoLTE call is initiated by the UE and goes through the RAN to the packet core

    • Packet core performs authentication, authorization, and routing of the call

    • Media is transported over the IP network using RTP/UDP protocol

    • Packet core also handles QoS and policy enforcement for the call

    • Answered by AI
    Add your answer
  • Q2. Why was CUPS introduced as part of Release-14?
  • Ans. 

    CUPS was introduced in Release-14 to provide a common printing system for Unix-like operating systems.

    • CUPS stands for Common Unix Printing System.

    • It was introduced to replace the traditional Unix printing system LPD.

    • CUPS provides a modular and extensible printing system that can support a variety of printers and print job formats.

    • It also includes a web-based administration interface for managing printers and print jobs...

    • Answered by AI
    Add your answer
Round 4 - Coding Test 

Python script to perform ssh to vms and get some stats

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Honest answers help you to crack the interview. Be confident with what you say

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Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

Juniper Networks user image Anonymous

posted on 20 Aug 2021

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Feb 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

5 Questions

  • Q1. Programing in C on linked list
  • Ans. 

    Programming in C on linked list

    • Understand the concept of linked list and its implementation in C

    • Allocate memory dynamically using malloc()

    • Use pointers to traverse and manipulate the linked list

    • Handle edge cases such as empty list and deleting nodes

    • Avoid memory leaks by freeing allocated memory

    • Answered by AI
    Add your answer
  • Q2. OS Concepts
    • Add your answer
  • Q3. Memory layout in C
  • Ans. 

    Memory layout in C refers to how variables are stored in memory.

    • Variables are allocated memory based on their data type

    • Memory is divided into stack and heap

    • Pointers store memory addresses

    • Structs store data in contiguous memory locations

    • Answered by AI
    Add your answer
  • Q4. ARP
    • Add your answer
  • Q5. L2/L3 networking question
    • Add your answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 2 technical rounds where you should be aware of networking and C programing concepts

Skills evaluated in this interview

Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

Juniper Networks user image Anonymous

posted on 30 Nov 2021

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in May 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Technical Questions were mainly based on our domain. I am from forwarding domain.So most of the questions were related to packet forwarding in the pipeline.C Programming questions were on Arrays ,Data str...
    • Add your answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Continuous programming practice will help a lot

Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

Dell user image Anonymous

posted on 5 Jan 2022

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jan 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Frontend basics - JS, React, HTML/CSS concepts
    • Add your answer
  • Q2. Basic DSA questions - arrays, strings, etc
    • Add your answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Try to answer to the point and prepare well according to job profile

Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

Dell user image Anonymous

posted on 13 Feb 2022

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jan 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HR 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What are your salary expectations?
    • Add your answer
  • Q2. Share details of your previous job.
    • Add your answer
  • Q3. Tell me about yourself.
    • Add your answer
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java string, Resume questions, about projects, went deep into all concepts of java
    • Add your answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn java completely.
Asked about simple concepts in java but still tricky.

Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

Dell user image Anonymous

posted on 7 Oct 2022

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Sep 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.
View all tips
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Standard sql questions
    • Add your answer
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General behavioural questions
    • Add your answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Practice sql and python as that was required for the role.

Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

Dell user image

posted on 17 Feb 2022

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Feb 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. On basic PLSQL,ORACLE apps and BI publisher
    • Add your answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Dell Software Engineer II interview:
  • PLSQ.,ORACLE APPS,XML REPORTS ,S
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Hello Team, Just be confident and introduce yourself with your name, education details, job experience if you have. Please do look into your resume points before a day of interview as resume is the skeleton of your skill set. Be on time and explain about interviewers question in a simple manner so that he/she can understands the reply. If you are not confident and didn't get any exposure on the question they have asked we can say I haven't get a chance to work on it or I am in learning process. Keep a smile on your face and be thankful to them.

Note down the questions if possible after returning from interview and have a review on questions so that we can overcome the mistakes in future interviews.

Good Luck!

Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

IBM user image Anonymous

posted on 15 Oct 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

A HackerRank Test with 2 Coding question of easy and medium difficulty7

Round 2 - Technicl Interview 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions on Java Core - streams api, features of java 8, multithreading, task scheduling, cron job, spring boot main annotations, global exception handling,
    • Add your answer
  • Q2. MySQL Query, questions around basics of Angular
    • Add your answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - DSA is not asked for SDE or SDE2 roles in IBM, focus is primarily on development, kind of project one worked on, behavioural and situation based questions.

Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

Oracle user image Anonymous

posted on 19 Aug 2022

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Aug 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic Array String Stack based problem solving
    • Add your answer
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic DS Algo questions on Array, Queues, Stacks, and Recusrion. Difficulty should be easy to medium. Basic OOPs language questions.
    • Add your answer
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic OOPs question, SQL queries, and in depth microservices design architecture. Difficulty easy to medium.
    • Add your answer
Round 4 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic questions and project overview, and then salary discussion.
    • Add your answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Oracle Software Engineer II interview:
  • Data Structures
  • Algorithms
  • OOPS
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The above interview process was for Non-OCI teams and that too for backend developer. This cannot be considered as preparation for OCI teams. Nothing was outside of resume.

Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

Oracle user image Anonymous

posted on 18 Nov 2020

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. LinkedIn system design
    • Add your answer
  • Q2. Questions about python dictionaries and lists
    • Add your answer
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Cisco Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cisco Software Engineer II interview?
Cisco interview process usually has 4 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cisco interview process are Coding Test, Resume Shortlist and HR.
How to prepare for Cisco Software Engineer II 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 Data Structures and Algorithms, Python, UNIX, Automation Testing and Cisco.
What are the top questions asked in Cisco Software Engineer II interview?

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