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Network architecture, zero-trust security, and SD-WAN rounds calibrated to Cisco’s enterprise networking and security culture.

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The Interview

What Cisco is looking for

Network Design Interview

Enterprise Network Architecture

01Campus & WAN Design

02SD-WAN Migration & SASE Architecture

03Network Segmentation & VLAN Design

04QoS & Traffic Engineering

Security Interview

Zero-Trust & Network Security

01Zero-Trust Architecture Design

02Micro-Segmentation & Identity-Based Access

03Threat Detection & SecOps Integration

04Compliance & Policy Enforcement

Values Interview

Cisco Leadership Values

01Customer & Partner Empathy

02Inclusion & Collaboration

03Integrity & Trust

04Innovation & Agility

Market leader in enterprise networking//Zero-trust security with Duo & Umbrella//SD-WAN & SASE at global carrier scale

Practice Library

Cisco exercises

Ready to ace your Cisco IT interview?

Prepare for your Cisco IT interview

Network architecture, zero-trust security, and SD-WAN rounds calibrated to Cisco’s enterprise networking and security culture.

Socratify AI

The Interview

What Cisco is looking for

Network Design Interview

Enterprise Network Architecture

01Campus & WAN Design

02SD-WAN Migration & SASE Architecture

03Network Segmentation & VLAN Design

04QoS & Traffic Engineering

Security Interview

Zero-Trust & Network Security

01Zero-Trust Architecture Design

02Micro-Segmentation & Identity-Based Access

03Threat Detection & SecOps Integration

04Compliance & Policy Enforcement

Values Interview

Cisco Leadership Values

01Customer & Partner Empathy

02Inclusion & Collaboration

03Integrity & Trust

04Innovation & Agility

Market leader in enterprise networking//Zero-trust security with Duo & Umbrella//SD-WAN & SASE at global carrier scale

How It Works

Master Cisco IT Interviews

Network architecture and zero-trust security rounds, scored on Cisco’s enterprise design and security dimensions. · Click to expand

1Your IT Goals

Infrastructure Design

Practitioner

ITSM & Incident Management

Practitioner

2IT Case Prep

Design the network architecture for a 5,000-user enterprise campus with SD-WAN to 30...

CASE INTERVIEWHard

Cisco

3Frameworks

Framework

Is Tier 1 resolution capacity the bottleneck?

Agent efficiency declining?

Average handle time up 34%: 12 min → 16 min per ticket

First-call resolution (FCR) down from 72% to 48%

Knowledge base coverage gaps?

Top 10 repeat issues drive 42% of Tier 2 escalations

Only 12% of KB articles updated in last 90 days

Is Tier 2 / Tier 3 escalation rate rising?

Infrastructure complexity increasing?

Cloud workloads +38% QoQ (Azure AD SSO failures top category)

P1/P2 incidents up 25% since new CI/CD pipeline deployed

SLA breach pattern concentrated?

62% of breaches occur on Mondays (weekend backlog accumulation)

P3 tickets aging >72h: 31% of current open queue

Are process or tooling inefficiencies adding delay?

ITSM routing rules misconfigured?

23% of tickets auto-assigned to incorrect support queue

Routing rules last audited: 14 months ago

4Feedback

Infrastructure Design

Distinctive

ITSM Reasoning

Strong

SLA & Priority Analysis

Meeting Bar

Technical Communication

Strong

Repeat

Practice Library

Cisco exercises

Design the network architecture for a 5,000-user enterprise campus with redundant 10GbE...

CASE INTERVIEWHard

Enterprise IT · Campus Network DesignCisco

Your organisation needs to migrate from traditional perimeter security to a zero-trust...

LEARNHard

Enterprise IT · Zero-Trust ImplementationCisco

A manufacturing company is migrating from MPLS to Cisco SD-WAN across 50 global sites....

LEARNMedium

Enterprise IT · SD-WAN MigrationCisco

Tell me about a complex network architecture you designed or implemented. How did you...

BEHAVIORALMedium

Behavioral · Architecture Trade-offsCisco

Describe a situation where a network security incident required rapid diagnosis and...

BEHAVIORALMedium

Behavioral · Security Incident ResponseCisco