I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cisco (Galway) in Sep 2012
Interview
Applied through campus careers service. Attended the interview in Cisco Galway. Interview process was fine. Only gave me one coding problem. Asked alot of technical questions most of which were on my CV. There was 2 seperate Interviews with 2 interviewers in each. Both lasted 45 mins with time at the end for any questions I had. Very friendly and laid back I felt. If you are going for this Interview I would recommend you know your CV and the details of everything on it. The only real curve balls thrown at me were questions about Design patterns and one on server side JavaScript (neither of which i mentioned on my CV) Other technical questions included things like general networking questions (IP Stack, TCP and UDP ...) There was a question about threads and some linux commands, nothing too strenuous. Overall it was fine, in the end i didnt get the place and was told by the HR person I was very close but i was vetoed by one of the Interviewers (which i found ever her telling me quite strange) Overall good experience as it did help me feel alot more comfortable with later interviews. One final thing, remember to as
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Only coding question "Given a phone number parse out the area code"
Got sent OA after applying 2-3 leetcode easy-medium questions. First round was a 15 minute resume rundown with 2 engineers and a object oriented style coding question that asked how to parse and filter data outputted from an API call. Second round was a traditional leetcome medium with technical hiring manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Got sent OA after applying 2-3 leetcode easy-medium questions. First round was a 15 minute resume rundown with 2 engineers and a object oriented style coding question that asked how to parse and filter data outputted from an API call. Second round was a traditional leetcome medium with technical hiring manager.
I just had the recruiter screen, the questions asked were basic and if you prepare well enough you don't need to worry. It was only over the phone, no zoom call, so it was a little difficult to establish a connection and therefore felt a little like an interrogation.
I interviewed at Cisco (Research Triangle Park, NC)
Interview
Started with a recruiter screen, basic questions, then OA, then a behavioral and technical (language concepts, sorting algorithms, technical background) with option for virtual and in-person. Received offer a week later.