Cisco Coding Interview Questions
30 Cisco coding interview problems with full optimal solutions — 6 easy, 22 medium, 2 hard. Every problem ships with multiple approaches (brute-force first, then the optimal), complexity tables for each, company-specific tips on what an Cisco interviewer values, and a FAQ section.
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127. Word Ladder
Word Ladder at Cisco is a graph-BFS problem where the graph isn't given to you — you have to construct the implicit edges by recognizing 'two words are adjacent iff they differ by exactly one letter.' The interviewer is checking whether you build the adjacency on-the-fly using a wildcard pattern trick to keep edges fast.
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332. Reconstruct Itinerary
Reconstruct Itinerary at Cisco is the Eulerian path problem — you must use every edge exactly once and return the path in lex-smallest order. The interviewer is checking whether you reach for Hierholzer's algorithm and whether you build the adjacency lists as sorted heaps or sorted arrays consumed back-to-front.
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