I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cisco (Galway) in Jan 2020
Interview
- HR round:
general confirmation
- Managers round:
questions from your CV. Both of technical and behavior questions
- Engineers round
live coding questions, technical questions about the skillsets in JD and project experience
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Managers round
Q: most challenging and proud projects
Q: some technical questions about the skillsets in JD
- Engineers round
Q: coding question is like manipulating String
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.