I initially submitted my resume through a job fair at schoole with the hopes of joining the Associate Systems Engineering(ASE) ranks. An important point to make for the title of systems engineer is that each company has a slightly different definition of the systems engineer. Cisco defines the systems engineer as a technical sales person with a focus on informing a customer about products and services available. The first round interview was a phone interview that consisted of a couple questions about my resume and then the interviewer asked about routers and switches. This question is geared towards your understanding of the TCP/IP architecture and doesn't have to be exact technical understanding of how the system works but do know the basic functionality. The second question was what are the difference between a switches and routers. I kept it high level and used non technical examples to explain the difference. After the technical questions i was able to ask some questions about what the next steps were and how to prepare. He talked a little about the final part of the interview process and got me in contact with one of the newly hired ASE. I was then recommended for the second round interview. The second round in the interview process is a video presentation on what this phrase means to me "The Network is the Platform." I am not really that good at video presentation and did a fairly basic presentation with a video camera, a script and my smiling face. After submitting the video i got an email a few weeks later saying the spots were filled for the final interviews. I would recommend for the video just doing what comes natural for you.