I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Richardson, TX) in Jan 2011
Interview
I submitted an application to the Cisco Choice program at a career fair at my university. I had previously been an intern at Cisco and listed my old manager as a reference. I got a call and was invited to attend an interview session data at the Richardson campus. I was interviewed by 3 people, each with their own set of technical and behavioral questions. After that, we toured the campus and then went home.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked a boolean logic riddle:
You are walking and arrive at a dead end with 2 doors. You must get past this, but you are told that only one door is correct, leading you on your path and the other door is not correct and leads to something perilous. In front of each door is a guard. One guard always tells the truth and the other always lies. You may ask one of the guards one question, and then you must pick your door and go through it. What question do you ask, which door do you pick based on the answer, and why?
This is actually not that hard once you realize that it's a boolean algebra problem, but I was surprised that I was asked that question.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Apr 2021
Interview
Cisco HR contacted me, 3 rounds of technical Interviews were conducted.
1. First round was a coding interview in onlinegdb.
2. Second round was about parallel programming and data structures and discussion of my current projects.
3. Third round was techno- managerial round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. verify 2 strings are anagrams or not.
2. print reverse breadth-first search of a binary tree.
3. C/C++ questions on pointers and static member functions and variables.
4. Parallel programming.
4. delete a node in LinkedList, circular linked list.
5. semaphores and mutexes.
6. Questions on virtualization.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Nov 2020
Interview
Interview took place during covid19 pandemic, hence it was through video conferencing
I applied in cisco job portal and got a test link , where it was 4 coding questions, you can choose c,c++,java to code
I cleared this round and got a call after a week from HR about further steps
HR scheduled interview and communicated clearly that there will be 2 rounds of technical interviews, depending on how I perform in those two rounds, managerial round will be there or may not be!!
All rounds were through video calls through webex
1st round : pure technical round, interviewer was very cool guy it was very nice to interact with them
He made me very comfortable and he was infact encouraging. First round went well.
2nd round : This was too pure technical round
Interviewer was cool and i answered every coding questions
Also in both rounds lots of OS concepts were asked..OS internals..memory, virtual memory..
Paging, semaphores, dining philosopher problems..lot more
Also they focused a lot on array related coding puzzles also bit programming.
After first two rounds i was confident I did pretty well in those rounds J
I was later called for managerial round after one hour
Managerial round:
Manager was very cool and conversation went well.
He asked lots of questions about whatever I mentioned in resume
TIPS: Do not fake anything in resume. be bold and be genuine. BE Yourself. Do not try to portray different version of you just to impress
Make sure you are clear about whatever you have mentioned in your CV.
After managerial round was over, he informed me HR will get back
With in two days I got an email from HR team for sharing futher details in order to proceed with recruitment. After 4-5 days waiting i got offer letter.
Cisco HRs are very professional, they manage time nicely and very approachable and respond to your concerns nicely.
I accepted the offer.!!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Array, data structures, design patterns, bit programming, OS concepts
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA)
Interview
I applied on Career Website directly. Within couple of weeks got the email from HR regarding onsite interview. No telephonic interview as I was local to San Jose.
HR provided the Interview schedule, with interviewers name and their respective job post.
Got Interviewed by 4 experienced engineers, 45 mins each. After the interview I did not receive any response from hiring team/HR even though I sent 2 emails asking for feedback/result. After about 40 days, I got a call from HR saying we are still considering your profile for the position. After 1 week of the call, I got offer. I accepted the offer. :)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were all around Data structures and Operating Systems Concepts and about previous job experience/projects.