Cisco
Network Engineer
Winter 2026
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Software Engineering
4th year · 3.3-3.6 · 3 past internships
HackerRank had DSA and MCQs on OOPs OS networking, passed that then first technical was trees and BFS then second technical covered Java specifics like functional interfaces and exception handling and never got to HR.
Jio
Network Engineer
Summer 2024
IIT Kharagpur · Electrical Engineering
4th year · 2.9-3.2 · 1 past internship
Felt like graduate level stuff honestly. Assessment then technical on networking, OSI model, TCP vs UDP, subnetting, routing protocols. Knew the basics but the interviewer went into OSPF and BGP territory.
Bell
Network Engineer
Summer 2025
Concordia University · Electrical Engineering
2nd year · 2.9-3.2 · 0 past internships
Got through to the panel round but didn't advance, no explanation given. Video interview then a phone assessment. Questions on critical thinking and giving an example of working through a situation without full information.
Telus
Network Engineer
Summer 2026
University of Calgary · Computer Engineering
3rd year · 3.3-3.6 · 1 past internship
Two interviewers who were both in the leadership development program, questions about IPv4 vs IPv6 and then a bunch of stuff about how I'd handle disagreements with a supervisor. It was pretty conversational, like 50 minutes but it went by fast
Rogers
Network Engineer
Fall 2025
Ontario Tech University · Electrical Engineering
3rd year · 2.9-3.2 · 1 past internship
10 question test first with stuff about TCP/UDP subnetting VLANs and the OSI model then 30 minutes of job related questions with my interviewer on Teams