Cisco Software Engineer Interview Questions
157+ Cisco Software Engineer interview questions drawn from real candidate reports. Sources include 1Point3Acres, Blind, Glassdoor, Reddit, and LeetCode. Questions span every stage of the Cisco Software Engineer loop: OA, phone screen, system design, behavioral, and onsite coding.
What to Expect in the Cisco Software Engineer Interview
The Cisco Software Engineer interview process typically runs 4 to 6 rounds depending on seniority level. Based on candidate reports in the LeakCode database, the loop usually includes a resume review, an online assessment or coding phone screen, one or more technical rounds, a system design round (for senior and above), and a behavioral or values round.
Difficulty skews toward medium and hard LeetCode-style problems in the coding rounds. System design questions test breadth (component selection, scaling, trade-off reasoning) more than deep implementation. Behavioral questions are tied to the company's stated values and principles.
Cisco Software Engineer Questions (Sample)
cisco software engineer fulltime tech phone screen experience
上来先是自我介绍了一波，直接给题目LFU。 面试前天晚上刷了LFU。我自己心急了，可能没有表演好，可能需要更多的clarifications吧。中途问了为什么要用LinkedHashSet，应该先全部说明白了，再慢慢写。代码应该是写对了。面完过没两天就说挂了。暂时还是有些迷茫，面试表现不够好。
Cisco Coding Round | Rejected
The interviewer gave the question on a coder pad link, asked to share screen. Post that there was very limited interaction, only to discuss the test cases. Got 0 hints...
CISCO SDE interview questions
I got shortlisted for an interview at CISCO for SDE position and just finished my interview 30 min before wiriting this post. Background- 3+ yoe, Btech ECE First round was a phone...
CISCO Interview Experience for Software Engineering Internship 2025
Candidate Information:I am a prefinal year student majoring in computer science and engineering branch .I recently got a chance of interview at cisco just wanted to share ...
Cisco Interview Experience | On-Campus Internship
Interview Process OverviewAll the rounds were conducted in a single day, making it an intense yet structured experience.1. Resume Shortlisting + Online AssessmentThe proc...
Cisco Systems Interview Experience (2-5 Years)
Recently I got an offer from Cisco Systems for the Software Engineer II role. I'm glad that I'm sharing my story here because I think the Interview experience section in G...
CISCO Interview Experience | Summer Internship (Feb 2019)
Sorry in advance if the answer is a bit long, I really wanted to share this.So after a couple of interviews ( Morgan Stanley ) and being rejected in them, I went on..Quali...
Cisco Recruitment | On-campus
Round 1:2 coding questions and some basic aptitude and Gate level questions1. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/maximum-minimum-values-algebraic-expression/2. The second q...
CISCO Full-time recruitment for freshers
Round 1: Online Test (90 minutes)25 MCQs – Aptitude, C, C++, Computer Networks, Computer Architecture (no negative marks)2 Coding questionsRound 2:Technical Interview (45 ...
Cisco Interview Experience | Set 16 (On Campus – Advisory Services)
ROUND -1I. What are you interested in? cs programming or networking.(as I am from cse so he wanted to know)II. Different routing protocols with their functionalitiesIII. D...
Cisco Interview Experience | Set 14 (On Campus)
First round Technical1. Write a code for bubble sort.2. What are the osi layers and explain them.3. What are pointers.4. A puzzle : We have two pits with capacities of 5 a...
Cisco Interview Experience | Set 13 ( On Campus - for Advanced Services)
1) What do you think the role of AS in CISCO2) Tell me you favourite protocol [I said TCP]3) What are the features of TCP?4) What is meant by a connection oriented protoco...
Cisco Interview Experience | Set 11 (Network Consultant Engineer)
There were total 5 rounds in the process:1st round :50 MCQ were asked, topics were basic aptitude questions on series, venn diagram, train problem, C output questions on p...
Cisco Interview | Set 6
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/ has a major role coming out to placement preparation if you want yourself to be placed in the reputed companies one thing that i will sugges...
Senior Software Engineer Cisco experience
Initial Phone Screen: (1 HR) ### - Conducted with the technical director. - Covered questions related to previous experience, Clean Code, and SOLID principles. - Topics included: - Polymorphism explanation. - Comparison between...
Difficulty Breakdown
36
easy
28
0
10
hard
1
medium
Based on 157 questions with difficulty labels from candidate reports.
Interview Rounds
Here is how the Cisco Software Engineer questions in the LeakCode database break down by interview round, based on what candidates reported:
| Round | Questions in Database |
|---|---|
| oa | 64 |
| coding | 44 |
| phone screen | 16 |
| recruiter | 10 |
| technical | 4 |
| take home | 1 |
Most Common Topics
Question Recency
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2026
13
2025
18
2024
17
2023
Question counts by interview year, based on candidate-reported dates.
How to Prepare for the Cisco Software Engineer Interview
Use the LeakCode question database as your primary research tool. Filter by role (Software Engineer), then by round type to focus your prep on the specific stages in your upcoming loop. Sort by recency to see what 2026 candidates actually faced.
- Start with questions from the last 12 months. Interview processes change and recent data is the strongest signal.
- Cross-reference questions that appear in multiple sources (1p3a, Blind, Glassdoor). Multi-source confirmation means a question has stronger recurrence probability.
- For system design rounds: focus on the question patterns, not individual questions. The same design principles recur across many prompts.
- For behavioral rounds: map your experiences to the company's stated values before the interview. Most behavioral questions at top companies are derivatives of a small set of core leadership competencies.
FAQ
How many Cisco Software Engineer questions are in the database?
157+ questions from verified candidate reports. The count grows as new reports are scraped daily from 1Point3Acres, Blind, Glassdoor, Reddit, and LeetCode.
Are these questions from real Cisco interviews?
Yes. All questions are sourced from actual candidate interview reports, not generated by AI. Each entry links back to its source URL where available, and questions are tagged with the year and round reported by the candidate.
How current is this data?
LeakCode updates daily. The database is filtered to exclude duplicate and low-quality entries. You can filter by interview year to focus on recent cycles.
Does LeakCode cover Cisco OA questions specifically?
Yes. The database includes online assessment questions tagged with round type. See the Cisco OA page for a dedicated view.
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