What is your experience with collaborating with development teams and business stakeholders when deploying network resources?
Collaborations across technology teams and other departments in the organization are common in the business world. Network resources significantly impact Cisco's operations, so they need to be available and match the needs of each department. Your answer to this question should make the interviewer feel confident in your ability to communicate and work with multiple people with different backgrounds and technical skills from across the entire organization.
"Cisco's network infrastructure is simply a tool that users and departments across the organization use to accomplish their business objectives. I recognize this and seek to develop and manage network infrastructures that support the company's needs. To do this, I would collaborate closely with the business leaders in each department within Cisco. When communicating with them, I will use clear and non-technical terms to describe the resources I can provide and how they function. I've also taken some business courses, so I understand the functions of each department within the organization. This helps me design network services to support these."
