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Cisco Softwaretest Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 15 Nov 2024

Cisco Softwaretest Engineer Interview Experiences

4 interviews found

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

DATA STRUCTURES,JAVA,COMPUTER NETWORKS

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

Generally Focus on networking part

Round 2 - Coding Test 

DSA and basic python program if you have basic knowledge you can get into next Round easily

Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic hr questions

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Oct 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Networking concepts
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Python programming, Networking concepts

I applied via YouTube and was interviewed before Sep 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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 

Reasoning, English grammar, logical

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Networking, python coding
  • Q2. Based on resume they are asked basically networking
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asking about Cisco, strength

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Confidence yourself,do hardwork,then definitely you can achieve.🙂

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Sep 2023. 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 - Coding Test 

There were 2 coding questions and 20 aptitude questions. Coding questiins were based in trees and graphs

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Mainly dsa, oops questions were asked
  • Q2. Find cycle in linked list
  • Ans. 

    Use Floyd's Tortoise and Hare algorithm to detect cycle in a linked list.

    • Initialize two pointers, slow and fast, at the head of the linked list.

    • Move slow pointer by one step and fast pointer by two steps.

    • If they meet at any point, there is a cycle in the linked list.

    • If fast pointer reaches the end of the list, there is no cycle.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Whatever you write in resume, prepare it nicely.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

Dsa round on hackerrank

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Dsa and technical round
  • Q2. Tree transversal
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via campus placement at BRACT's Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology, Pune and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. What is polymorphism
  • Ans. 

    Polymorphism is the ability of a function or method to behave differently based on the object it is acting upon.

    • Polymorphism allows objects of different classes to be treated as objects of a common superclass.

    • It enables a single interface to be used for different data types or classes.

    • Examples include method overloading and method overriding in object-oriented programming.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Find missing number from nth number array.
  • Ans. 

    Find missing number from nth number array.

    • Iterate through the array and calculate the sum of all numbers

    • Calculate the sum of numbers from 1 to n using the formula n*(n+1)/2

    • Subtract the sum of array from the sum of numbers from 1 to n to find the missing number

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Explain inheritance and it types
  • Ans. 

    Inheritance is a concept in object-oriented programming where a class inherits properties and behaviors from another class.

    • Inheritance allows a class to reuse code from another class.

    • Types of inheritance include single inheritance, where a class inherits from only one parent class, and multiple inheritance, where a class inherits from multiple parent classes.

    • Example: Class B inherits from Class A, so Class B can access

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Find 2nd max elements from aaray
  • Ans. 

    Find 2nd max element from array of strings

    • Sort the array in descending order

    • Skip the first element (max element)

    • Return the second element

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Data structure algorithm questions related to various scenarios
  • Q2. DS Algo related questions which revolved around different scenarios
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Work experience over last company
  • Q2. Conflict resolution in teams
  • Ans. 

    Conflict resolution in teams involves effective communication, active listening, compromise, and collaboration.

    • Encourage open communication to address issues early on

    • Practice active listening to understand all perspectives

    • Seek compromise and find common ground

    • Encourage collaboration to work towards a solution together

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

1 hr, oops, C++ questions and C

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

Coding test was comprising of mcq based questions on db, oops, c++ and java

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. It was a high intense interview. Interview starts with introduction and some resume based questions. Then, followed by deep networking and os based questions. Then, dsa questions were asked specifically on...
Round 4 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. It was also a tough one. Questions were specifically on project based of the resume and other questions were on btech curriculum, subjects, and experience.
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. HR was easy. Questions were only about relocation and package breakup. But remember that they can put you in waiting and when needed they can call for another interview. So mark this and all the best.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Catch your resume by heart. This is the most important thing and be confident and just go for it. All the best👍

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