I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco in Mar 2022
Interview
This was for summer internship, first they conduct a written coding round that consists of 2 questions and u get 1 and half hour to solve them, based on your performance you get selected and are called for interview, they call only around 100 to 200 members for interview and selection is even less
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about what technologies i know and about my projects
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.