I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2025
Interview
first recruiter Screen asking resume based behavioural Qs after that 2 technical rounds each 45 mins asking DSA question easy level then manager/director round 80% tech asking networking concepts and anything comes to his brain it was easy like generic questions.
overall I performed well but due to headcount they have to move on
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General Data structures easy level questions e.g. linkedList, Stack, Queue, BFS, DFS, PrefixSum 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.