I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco in Jan 2013
Interview
I was emailed regarding an opportunity and I emailed back. Following this, I had a call, and then the manager asked me specific questions regarding my background. After answering these questions, I said thank you and moved on. 3 weeks later I was contacted again and surprisingly they were interested in me, hurray! I continued along the process and did a lot of eating and chilling, and all of a sudden I was good to go.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about my personal experience in the industry?
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.