Cisco Software Engineer interview: a broad and difficult online assessment

The OA was difficult from the beginning and covered far more than I'd expected. It mixed multiple-choice questions, coding and several subjective scenario sections. One section used short passages followed by questions I had to answer in words. Switching from coding to those judgment-based tasks was immediately challenging. The coding was hard too, requiring both speed and correctness. My backgro…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jul 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.