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SDE 2 at Cisco

Difficulty
Process took
3-4 Weeks
Rounds
3
Format
Remote
Applied via
Company Website

How it went

  • Stay patient, recruiting is messy. Silence isn’t always a reflection on you.

What they would tell you

  • Stay patient, recruiting is messy. Silence isn’t always a reflection on you.

How to prepare

Both rounds got positive feedback. The recruiter even dropped a hint: “Hiring manager round is next.” Then… nothing. Days turned into weeks. No scheduling. No updates. No rejection. Just silence.

Round by round

  1. 1

    Online Assessment (OA)60 min

    Questions: 5 coding problems 1 Easy 3 Medium 1 Hard Solved: 1 Easy, 2 Medium , 1 Hard (partially)

  2. 2

    Technical Round 160 min

    Two question was asked ,first i already solved during my preparation journey Given an array of daily stock prices, find the maximum profit possible if you are allowed to buy and sell once each. Merge Intervals

  3. 3

    Technical Round 260 min

    DSA problem: Given a linked list, swap every two adjacent nodes.

What came up

MediumRemote5+ years

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Sources

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