Cisco IT Engineer Interview Questions
Go Back1. Do you respond differently when the IT-related issue you are facing is more severe or critical?
2. How quickly do you feel you can you adapt to Cisco's culture and integrate yourself into our IT engineering team?
3. Can you describe some IT engineering projects you have worked on, and which of them are similar to Cisco's IT environment?
4. What is your experience implementing network infrastructures? When doing this, what are some of the challenges you encounter?
5. How knowledgeable are you with some of the more popular programming languages, such as C++, Java, and Python?
6. Can you describe your strategy for staying updated on current developments in the IT industry?
7. Here at Cisco, we use Zendesk for our Customer Relationship Management, or CRM system. Can you describe your experience with this software?
8. What process do you follow when a business stakeholder asks you to implement a new IT system recommended by a third party?
9. Can you explain the benefits of creating subnets within an organization's network infrastructure?
10. What information would you collect when creating an IT system analysis report for Cisco's IT environment?
11. What tools and strategies do you use to organize your team's work to best meet IT deliverables?
12. What steps do you take when you realize a project you are working on will miss a deadline?
13. How do you collaborate with the stakeholders you work with outside of IT to ensure that your team's work supports Cisco's overall business goals?
14. Describe a Disaster Recovery plan you have created and how well it performed.
15. Can you walk me through the steps you use to address a situation where productivity is decreasing?
16. In your opinion, what is the role of a Cisco IT engineer?
17. How do you monitor and maintain systems to ensure maximum productivity?
18. How often do you think Cisco hardware systems need to be upgraded, and what criteria do you use to determine when to upgrade them?
19. Do you have direct experience designing a piece of software or a hardware system? Can you describe it to me?
20. How would you handle a situation in which a Cisco IT engineer on your team wanted to use a design that you knew was inefficient or inappropriate for the project?
21. How would you react if a key Cisco project stakeholder asked you to eliminate a safety-related item you included as part of your engineering plan?
22. What steps do you take to check your work and ensure that you don't make any mistakes?
23. How will you recover when one of your Cisco teammates makes a serious mistake that impacts the project you are working on?
24. Do you enjoy learning about new technology, and how do you stay current with developing trends in this industry?
25. How do you manage your and your team's time during an engineering project with tight deadlines?
26. What experience do you have leading teams of IT Engineers?
27. What IT engineering challenges are you most passionate about, and why?
28. How would you communicate technical concepts to Cisco project stakeholders or clients who don't have a technical background?
29. Can you describe the most challenging engineering project you have ever worked on and how you overcame the obstacles you encountered?
30. What are the key qualities a Cisco IT engineer should possess?