Cisco Software Engineer interview: assessment followed by weeks of silence

My process began with a Hackerrank-style exam. It included several easy-to-medium LeetCode-style problems and a simple SQL question, so it felt manageable compared with harder online assessments I had heard about. After I finished, I heard nothing for weeks. The silence eventually ended without further progress, so the outcome felt less like the result of an interview conversation and more like a…

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