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Cisco's old model (which worked very well for them) was to develop an outside startup and see if they gain traction while keeping at least some financial/contro

Cisco's old model (which worked very well for them) was to develop an outside startup and see if they gain traction while keeping at least some financial/control stake to democratize the risk and spend and then spin-in if it is succesful (or sell off).

Our_Benefactors 1y ago
I interviewed with Cisco once. They wanted me to do a take home interview. Implement an api, make a web app, host the GitHub repo somewhere, host the web app so it was publicly available for them to test, make sure I included full documentation and test suite. A fully tested and deployed full stack application, from scratch, as a “take home test”. I said “no, I don't work for free”. That was by far the most egregious example I’ve encountered of “we are trying to get unpaid labor from our interview process.”
- FuriouslyAdrift 1y ago
  Yeah, that's ridiculous. It's not just FAANGs that pull this crap.
  - lawlessone 1y ago
    FAANGS often start it and then everyone else thinks it's going to make their company great if they do it too.
- chuckadams 1y ago
  I think it's reasonable if one's applying as a full-stack developer, the app is something like a simple TODO list that isn't anything they'd actually use, and there isn't a high expectation of polish. Few hours of work at most, not days, and definitely not a first-interview thing. Expecting you to host it yourself is definitely unreasonable: they can build and run it themselves if they care that much, but eyeballing the source ought to be good enough in most cases.
  - jacquesm 1y ago
    It's only ok if they pay you for your time.
  - deleted 1y ago
    [deleted]
stuff4ben 1y ago
Ah good ole MPLS (Mario, Prem, Luca, and I can't remember who was S)...
- lima 1y ago
  Soni
themafia 1y ago
Sounds like something an equity or financial firm should do. I'm not sure why a networking company decided to make that their core competency.

Our_Benefactors 1y ago

I interviewed with Cisco once. They wanted me to do a take home interview. Implement an api, make a web app, host the GitHub repo somewhere, host the web app so it was publicly available for them to test, make sure I included full documentation and test suite. A fully tested and deployed full stack application, from scratch, as a “take home test”. I said “no, I don't work for free”. That was by far the most egregious example I’ve encountered of “we are trying to get unpaid labor from our interview process.”

FuriouslyAdrift 1y ago
Yeah, that's ridiculous. It's not just FAANGs that pull this crap.
- lawlessone 1y ago
  FAANGS often start it and then everyone else thinks it's going to make their company great if they do it too.
chuckadams 1y ago
I think it's reasonable if one's applying as a full-stack developer, the app is something like a simple TODO list that isn't anything they'd actually use, and there isn't a high expectation of polish. Few hours of work at most, not days, and definitely not a first-interview thing. Expecting you to host it yourself is definitely unreasonable: they can build and run it themselves if they care that much, but eyeballing the source ought to be good enough in most cases.
- jacquesm 1y ago
  It's only ok if they pay you for your time.
- deleted 1y ago
  [deleted]

stuff4ben 1y ago

Ah good ole MPLS (Mario, Prem, Luca, and I can't remember who was S)...

lima 1y ago
Soni

themafia 1y ago

Sounds like something an equity or financial firm should do. I'm not sure why a networking company decided to make that their core competency.