I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco in Oct 2010
Interview
The Interview was for Software Internship in Cisco.
It consisted of a HR and a technical interview.
The HR guy asked a lot of normal HR questions like tell me about yourself, give situation where you displayed leadership and self-driven attitude, given a chance what would you like to do better etc which I did well. But the technical guy was not prepared for me as I was last minute addition to interviews on that day on campus. He wanted people with OS, Algos and DS coursework or atleast projects
It's a one hour long panel interview with two to four engineers. The interview contained behavioural questions, resume walk through, python and c implementation, c trivia questions, os concepts, debugging.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cisco in Feb 2026
Interview
Applied 1/14, prescreening with recruiter 1/29, interview with hiring manager 2/9, offer 2/13
Very easy interview and manager was super nice! Mostly was just asked about the projects on my resume with a couple problem-solving questions surrounding my projects.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you prove your product's safety to the user? (Essentially asking my testing process)
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA)
Interview
The interview has two rounds:
Round 1 focuses on solving DSA problems within 45 minutes, testing logic, efficiency, and coding skills.
Round 2 involves resume screening and project discussion, where you explain your contributions, technical decisions, challenges faced, and overall understanding of your work.