I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Ecublens, Vaud) in Mar 2017
Interview
First: phone interview with the recruiter.
Second: WebEx interview with a "Manager Software Development Engineering", discussing my profile, basic networking questions (1h)
Third: on-site interview: first 30 min. witgh a "Manager Engineering", than 1.5h technical interview with engineers
Fourth: on-site interview: first 30 min. witgh the Hiring Manager, than 1.5h technical interview with engineers
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
First on-site technical interview: standard whiteboard problem solving/coding interview (2 problems)
Second on-site technical interview: a number of shorter questions about debugging a given short piece of C code, more detailed networkign questions about understanding of ideas/problems in OSI L2/L3 protocols
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.