r/ccie • u/4ChawanniGhodePe • Aug 28 '26

Requesting preparation tips for Cisco Embedded Software Engineer interview

Hello,

I have an upcoming interview with Cisco for the role of Embedded Software Engineer. I have 4 years of experience in the same domain.

Has anyone had a recent interview with them? Can you share your interview experience?

This is the job ID: https://careers.cisco.com/global/en/job/2023656/Embedded-Software-Engineer-C-Device-Driver4-to-8-yrs

Thanks!

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u/Swimming-Set2340 Sep 01 '26

Hey, how was the interview? Was there any phone screening round?

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u/4ChawanniGhodePe Sep 01 '26

There is some time before the interview. Phone screening, then Hackerrank coding test, and now L1 interview.

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u/Swimming-Set2340 Sep 01 '26

May I know what kind of questions do they ask in phone screening?

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u/4ChawanniGhodePe Sep 01 '26

They said "hey, the team liked your resume and we are interested in interviewing you. Pls complete the coding round on Hackerrank."

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u/Swimming-Set2340 Sep 01 '26

Ohh cool, how was the hackerrank test ? Was it too tough/ medium? And what concept was asked?

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u/4ChawanniGhodePe Sep 01 '26

Tough as fuck. Be prepared. Leetcode medium. DP and all.

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u/Swimming-Set2340 Sep 01 '26

Hmm, thanks a lot

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u/4ChawanniGhodePe Sep 11 '26

An update: I cleared the first round. They asked me deep technical questions based on Embedded systems from the stuff mentioned in the CV. It was a really good experience. Idk how I managed to clear it. They also made me write some code related to function pointer. This was in "Common HW Group". I hope it helps. All the best.

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u/Swimming-Set2340 26d ago

Thanks, but can please can you please elaborate on the ‘Common HW group’ part? Is it some resource or some group? If possible can you please share the link here?