Cisco Software Engineer interview experience

The technical questions leaned toward systems thinking and networking fundamentals. I was asked about stack and heap basics, what causes segmentation faults, and how I would approach debugging a stack overflow. Networking came up too, including wireless concepts and the differences between OFDMA and OFDM. The conversation stayed informal. Even when the topics got detailed, I was encouraged to exp…

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