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Unlike many companies that focus purely on DSA, Cisco often combines coding rounds with networking fundamentals, operating systems, computer networks, and system-level discussions.
Top DSA interview questions asked in Cisco
What makes Cisco interviews different from other product companies?
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Yes. Cisco regularly asks coding questions based on arrays, strings, linked lists, trees, graphs, stacks, queues, and hashing. Most questions are Easy to Medium difficulty with a focus on clean implementation and problem-solving.
Yes. Since Cisco builds networking products and infrastructure, graph concepts such as BFS, DFS, shortest paths, connected components, and traversal problems are particularly valuable.
Most Cisco coding rounds contain LeetCode Easy and Medium level problems. Candidates are generally expected to write clean, optimized code and explain their approach clearly rather than solve extremely difficult algorithmic challenges.
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