Consulting Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Cisco with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Consulting Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cisco overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cisco as a Consulting Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Presentation: 18%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Skills test: 9%
Phone interview: 9%
Drug test: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Background check: 9%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Jul 2023
Interview
Ideathon 2023 is the ciscos recruitment process for hiring freshers , last yr they recruited 141 students but this yr only 83 They said it's because of recession . That's the major issue with my case I did my interview very well but I didn't get the offer letter from cisco
I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
Thorough interview process, beginning with a deep technical interview about my experience and expertise, followed by a managers interview about higher level topics. After 2 interviews I was given an offer which I accepted. Previous interview experiences with Cisco were similar, with just the interviewers being different.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give us an example of a major project you designed and delivered, including what went well and what you'd do differently next time.
Basically the process was very streamlined 3 interviews in one day. HR-Technical-Technical. I would say if you have knowledge in networking it is good quality interview and demanding enough but not too much,
I applied through university. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Jul 2025
Interview
It has 5 rounds
1)Online assessment
(It has networking and Coding question)
2)PPT submission(Not a elimination round)
(We have to submit the ppt based on the idea we have choosed)
3)Techincal round 1
(Mostly Networking)
4)Manegerial Round
(Behavioural questions)
5)Hr