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Cisco ThingQbator 2026

Engineering students with IoT/networking interest

upcoming

Stipend

INR 50,000 seed funding

Deadline

TBA

Eligibility

Engineering students with IoT/networking interest

Compensation

StipendINR 50,000 seed funding

Key Benefits

  • Startup incubation support
  • Cisco mentors
  • Hardware kits provided

Application Deadline

TBA

Check the official Cisco careers portal for exact dates.

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Step 01

Sharpen DSA

Practice graphs, DP, and tree problems. Most hackathon coding rounds are LeetCode mediumโ€“hard.

Step 02

Learn System Design

Understand scalability, load balancing, caching, and database design for the architecture round.

Step 03

Build a Demo Project

Have a working full-stack project on GitHub. Judges want to see you can ship, not just code.

Step 04

Prep Behavioral Answers

Use the STAR method for leadership, conflict, and teamwork questions in the interview stage.

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