I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Aug 2025
Interview
The interview process consist of 4 rounds with 3 being tech+hr and last round just for salary and location discussion. Standard DSA was asked nothing out of striver A to Z sheet and CS fundamentals mainly CN.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LRU and LFU cache and main highlight was trie was asked which is very rare the question was pretty basic and projects in very deep whatever technical terms written in CV to explain the project each of it was asked in very detail.
Standard panel, very simple leetcodes. reverse linked list kind of vibe s . I was literarly asked about how a linked list is structured and reversing it. there was almost no friction which I was shocked by one of the reason I did not accept
They care about your skills, rather than your background. They have a template which they provide and you got to fill that, everyone is provided a unique number. You are instructed not to disclose any of your personal details in the due course of your interview.
The interview process was two rounds. The first round was a behavioral interview. Straightforward questions, like tell me about the most technically challenging project you have worked on. The second round was a system design interview.