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Cisco interview practice
14 Cisco roles have been listed on giveinterview since August 2026, 14 open now. Each one comes with an AI interview that runs the loop below: a 10-minute voice screen, then 2 rounds (coding, then behavioral). The topics that come up most are Python, C++, debugging, analytical skills, C/C++. 81 coding questions are known to come up in Cisco interviews (22 easy, 44 medium, 15 hard), 4 of them in the last six months. The most common topics are Array, String, Hash Table, Two Pointers.
The interview loop
Most common across Cisco roles on giveinterview.
- Gate 0 · Voice screen10 min
- Gate 1 · Coding45 min
- Gate 2 · Behavioral45 min
What the interviews cover
Skills and topics, with the number of Cisco roles that list each one.
- Python6
- C++4
- debugging4
- analytical skills3
- C/C++3
- Java3
- secure coding practices3
- testing3
- AI tools for coding assistance2
- automation2
- C2
- networking fundamentals2
- Networking technologies2
- problem-solving2
- Python programming2
Coding questions Cisco asks
From public company-tagged interview question lists. Most recent and most frequent first.
- Array44
- String25
- Hash Table18
- Two Pointers14
- Math14
- Dynamic Programming13
- Matrix9
- Sorting8
- Breadth-First Search7
- Recursion7
- Binary Search6
- Linked List6
| Question | Difficulty | Asked recently |
|---|---|---|
| Two Sum | Easy | Yes |
| 3Sum | Medium | Yes |
| Shortest Path in a Grid with Obstacles Elimination | Hard | Yes |
| Contiguous Array | Medium | Yes |
| House Robber | Medium | — |
| Longest Palindromic Substring | Medium | — |
| Collect Coins in a Tree | Hard | — |
| Word Search II | Hard | — |
| Lucky Numbers in a Matrix | Easy | — |
| Rotate Image | Medium | — |
| Spiral Matrix | Medium | — |
| Fizz Buzz | Easy | — |
| Maximum Subarray | Medium | — |
| Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters | Medium | — |
| Minimum Cost to Make Array Equal | Hard | — |
| Sum of k-Mirror Numbers | Hard | — |
| Number of Valid Words in a Sentence | Easy | — |
| LRU Cache | Medium | — |
| Find the Largest Area of Square Inside Two Rectangles | Medium | — |
| Check if Binary String Has at Most One Segment of Ones | Easy | — |
| Maximum Difference Between Increasing Elements | Easy | — |
| Diagonal Traverse | Medium | — |
| Edit Distance | Medium | — |
| Valid Parentheses | Easy | — |
| Minimum Time to Collect All Apples in a Tree | Medium | — |
Roles
| Role | Where | Gates | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | On-site · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 3 | Open |
| Software Engineer | On-site · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 2 | Open |
| Software Engineer Trainee_Technical Graduate Apprentice - India UHR | On-site · Hyderabad, Telangana, India | 2 | Open |
| Software Engineer- Python | On-site · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 3 | Open |
| Software Engineer | On-site · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 3 | Open |
| Software Engineer – Cisco IQ | Bangalore | On-site · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 3 | Open |
| Software Engineer – Network/Embedded/Application Development (Summer Internship) - India EG Requisition | On-site · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 2 | Open |
| Software Engineer- SDK | On-site · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 3 | Open |
| Software Engineer | On-site · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 3 | Open |
| Software Engineer | On-site · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 2 | Open |
| Software Engineer | On-site · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 3 | Open |
| Software Engineer | On-site · Hyderabad, Telangana, India | 3 | Open |
| Software Engineer | On-site · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 3 | Open |
| Software Engineer | On-site · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 3 | Open |
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