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Cisco Recruitment Process
Interview Process
Cisco publishes hiring guidance on its own careers site:
Timeline – Most applicants hear back within 7–10 days of applying, and many interview processes complete within 2–3 weeks.
How interviews happen – Cisco states it never interviews by chat or email; interviews are held over Webex, by phone or in person.
Legitimate contact – Official recruitment email comes only from scheduling@phenomscheduling.com, hiring@careers.cisco.com or opportunities@careeralerts.cisco.com. Cisco never charges application, interview or training fees.
The round structure below is not published by Cisco and is compiled from public reporting on its India campus hiring:
Eligibility check.
“Code with Cisco” online assessment – About 90 minutes, roughly 40 MCQs plus 2 coding problems, commonly reported with no negative marking.
One or two technical interviews – Data structures, computer networks, operating systems, OOP and a project walkthrough. Networking depth is weighted more heavily here than in typical IT-services drives.
Managerial and HR round.
Source: https://careers.cisco.com/global/en/how-we-hire. Hiring processes change – check that page for the current version.
(ESTIMATE, not a company-published figure — typical market range ₹4.8 L – ₹9.6 L/yr for this role in this sector (smaller employer). Actual pay varies widely by location, skills and individual negotiation)
Technical Lead
Experience: 6 - 10 years yrs
₹ 22 Lakhs/year
(ESTIMATE, not a company-published figure — typical market range ₹16 L – ₹28 L/yr for this role in this sector (smaller employer). Actual pay varies widely by location, skills and individual negotiation)
Senior Software Engineer
Experience: 3 - 6 years yrs
₹ 13.6 Lakhs/year
(ESTIMATE, not a company-published figure — typical market range ₹9.6 L – ₹17.6 L/yr for this role in this sector (smaller employer). Actual pay varies widely by location, skills and individual negotiation)
Software Engineer
Experience: 0 - 2 years yrs
₹ 5.4 Lakhs/year
(ESTIMATE, not a company-published figure — typical market range ₹3.6 L – ₹7.2 L/yr for this role in this sector (smaller employer). Actual pay varies widely by location, skills and individual negotiation)