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Staff+ Full-stack at Cisco

Full-stackStaff+No offer◆ Commonly asked· 2024

Staff fullstack interview. Pragmatic questions — more real-world than pure puzzles.

The loop · 5 rounds

01

Round 01 · 3 questions

DSA / Coding

Data structures & algorithms on a whiteboard or shared editor.

  • Decode ways.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #dp#string
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Word search in a grid.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #backtracking#grid
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Kth largest element in an array.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #heap#quickselect
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 1 question

Low-Level Design

Object-oriented / low-level design of a focused module.

  • Design a movie-ticket booking system (BookMyShow).
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #oop#concurrency
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design a webhook delivery system with retries.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #reliability#queues
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design a news feed / timeline.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #fanout#ranking#cache
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
04

Round 04 · 1 question

Hiring Manager

Scope, ownership, and role-fit discussion with the manager.

  • How do you scope and staff a multi-month project?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #planning#leadership
05

Round 05 · 2 questions

Behavioral / HR

Values, collaboration, and past-experience (STAR) questions.

  • Tell me about receiving hard feedback and acting on it.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #feedback#star
  • Why this company, and why this role?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #motivation

◆ This experience is composed from commonly reported questions for this role and level. Real, individually-shared interviews will be layered in over time.