Working at Cisco Systems in San Jose, CA: 448 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in San Jose, CA Area

"Competitive environment. Cisco is a company that values expertise."

"Very good work culture, its fun to work with such great brand."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I like working on the top of the edge of the technology, the good salary, and friendly people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Try to know common things in Java and C, and be able to write a code on a piece of paper."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"It is not very organized. It is stressful and very far from the place I live."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more organized. Specify and assign the duties more clearly."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I like the stability, opportunity to learn various technologies, and the experience of large programs."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Have excellent communication skills and the ability to work across boundaries, and most importantly, have good technical depth."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"They are slow to respond, hierarchical, and lack focus on the core."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Simplify the operating model for faster decision-making, empowerment, and autonomy."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"The company was a great leader in the telecom industry."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Enjoy the culture and the opportunity to learn from some of the best in the industry, and the chance to advance quickly."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"It was a bit far for my commute on a daily basis."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep doing what you have been doing, and listen a bit more to mid-level contributors."

"Working for Cisco Systems was always great."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I liked the good culture while there, and I always had great managers to work for!"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be confident and show that you are inventive! Know what you are talking about, because there is expertise on the other side talking to you."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I dislike every year wondering whom I had to let go from my team. Cisco always employed what is called the top people in the industry, meaning that we as managers needed to weed out the ones that did not belong, even though they might be still 'good'."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stay in your core when it comes to the business management."

"20 years at Cisco as test engineering manager, and program manager with 16 years as manager."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"It used to be a great company that took care of its people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Every department has its own way of interviewing people. It helps if you know someone in power there."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I dislike the new management hired, and placing old-timers as not part of the new in-crowd."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take care of the loyal employees who stuck with the company during its good and bad times."

"Good company, but rather bloated."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"It is a good company with lots of interesting technology and tools to work with."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be persistent--big companies can lose track of who they are interviewing."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"It is a large company where often the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Simplify the company--too many acquisitions make the engineers feel isolated, due to not understanding who they are working with."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I love the opportunity to work with and learn much about new technologies."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Know the technologies well - switching, routing, and advanced services."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"This is an opportunity everyone should experience, which I believe is a good thing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There should be stronger technical team players at the higher management level."

"Great leadership opportunity, and opportunity to manage the Cisco-acquired ops."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"Cisco is a great place to work. Work-life balance is especially great."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be positive and open during the interview process. Internal process takes a long time to finalize the offer."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"Too much collaboration process leads to delayed cycles, which leads to missed opportunities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have an effective decision-making process, and reduce the levels of consensus decision-making."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"It is one of the great companies to work with in this field."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Each department deals with various technologies and looks for people with different skills."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I dislike outsourcing the positions to overseas, and making it complicated to do our jobs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Cisco should re-arrange the entire structure and bring all jobs back to here in the US."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Build good and stable process with good training document and build good culture."

"Good."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I like working with cross-functional teams, which helps in getting the bigger picture of the organization."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It depends on which position you are being interviewed for, and helps if you know how the process works in CISCO."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"Most of the manual work can be avoided if we have more structure and process in place."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management needs to analyze the current work process and automate them to achieve more work in less time."

"The employees need to get a little westernized."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"The company had focus-driven projects which were always good."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You have to know the field that you are applying for. There is no room for second guesses."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I dislike unwanted expenses and no cap on higher management spending leads in projects descoping."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management has good experience, but if they used it wisely to drive the projects, it would eventually end up in favor of the company."

What do you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I like my boss."

What don't you like about working at Cisco Systems?

"I dislike the complete lack of innovation."