I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Aug 2014
Interview
got a call after my resume was chosen from a pile of resumes. got a call to reserve a time and date for an interview. the shortlisting was heavily scrutinized but interview was relatively easy. interview was conducted by 2 enginners. they were old and seemed unhappy working for cisco. they told me they now they dont pay as good as they used to pay,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
long string submatch problem? code it in any language. questions related to threads, mutexs, etc
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.