Cisco DevOps Engineer interview questions and process

Updated 3 Oct 2026 · 14 sources

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Dated status reports from public Reddit threads and anonymous PortLume reports, updated Oct 15. Not official Cisco data.

4 status reports in the last 7 days
Not enough data yet: median from final interview to a decision shows at 5+ people (1 so far)
Latest movement: 1 offer, 2 final rounds reported since Oct 11

Latest Cisco hiring reports

Oct 14: Applied Oct 12 (r/leetcode)
Oct 14: Final round Oct 14 (r/Btechtards)
Oct 12: Offer Oct 12 (r/Btechtards)
Oct 11: Final round Sep 30 (r/developersIndia)
Oct 4: Offer Oct 4 (r/csMajors)

Candidates rate the Cisco DevOps Engineer interview Medium-Hard: Reported Cisco DevOps rounds mix cloud/K8s depth (ECS, EKS) with networking fundamentals and Java internals, and candidates report the interviewer keeps escalating if you answer well. Reports describe 4 rounds, from Recruiter/phone screen to Hiring manager / HR round.

Difficulty: Medium-Hard
Skills asked about: AWS containers (ECS, EKS), Computer networking fundamentals (routing, subnetting, subnet masks), CI/CD and build/run pipelines

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Cisco DevOps Engineer interview rounds

Recruiter/phone screen: Recruiter call covering location, current role and reasons for leaving, then scheduling.
Technical round 1 - cloud, containers and networking
Technical round 2 - deeper infra, monitoring and troubleshooting
Hiring manager / HR round

Questions reported in Cisco DevOps Engineer interviews

Basic networking: how do routers work, and what is subnetting and a subnet mask?

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How many rounds are in the Cisco DevOps Engineer interview?

Public reports describe 4 rounds for the Cisco DevOps Engineer interview: (1) Recruiter/phone screen, (2) Technical round 1 - cloud, containers and networking, (3) Technical round 2 - deeper infra, monitoring and troubleshooting, (4) Hiring manager / HR round. Round 1: Recruiter call covering location, current role and reasons for leaving, then scheduling.

Is the Cisco interview difficult?

Public reports put the Cisco DevOps Engineer interview at Medium-Hard difficulty. Reported Cisco DevOps rounds mix cloud/K8s depth (ECS, EKS) with networking fundamentals and Java internals, and candidates report the interviewer keeps escalating if you answer well. The process has 4 rounds, from Recruiter/phone screen to Hiring manager / HR round.

Sources

Based on 14 public reports: LeetCode Discuss (6), Reddit (3), YouTube (3), AmbitionBox (2), last updated Oct 2026.

Compiled by Adarsh Sharma from public candidate reports. Unofficial guide: PortLume AI is not affiliated with Cisco.

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