The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco in Jan 2012
Interview
Got the interview when they are on campus visit. asked several computer hardware design questions such as how to change a clock signal to half the frequency and 50% duty cycle and a few C questions such as what is a friend class. what the key word volatile keyword means in C. overall easy interview.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
How to turn a 40% duty cycle clock signal to a half frequency signal with 50% duty cycle.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2025
Interview
Interview was good, Interviewers were friendly, overall experience was good, mostly focused on SRAM and System Verilog. In first round they only concentrated on SRAM design project and second round was with a team lead as they work mostly with system verilog, they asked me to implement a problem in system verilog.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco in Oct 2019
Interview
I applied through campus career fair and received an email three days later. I have two phone calls later asking about technical questions. I felt it went well but I was rejected.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cisco (Mumbai) in Jul 2018
Interview
Interviewers were very helpful. Started with resume based questions and explain the project in detail. 1st round is based on resume and what you already know. 2nd round is written and in 3rd round new design problems are asked.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Convert D flip flop to T flip flop. What is propagation delay of inverter? What is STA?