I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco in Oct 2021
Interview
Got an online assessment five minutes after application. Finished the assessment in two days with all test cases passed. But never hear back. Not sure whether they are hiring or not, since I spent one hour and a half to finish the assessment, as least a refusal letter should be sent.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
three questions in 90 minutes.
1. find the mode and median
2. something related to hashmap, forgot the exact question, not difficult though
3. search the given words in a matrix
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.