I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Sep 2010
Interview
I got the call through referral by my friend working over there.
4 rounds of full technical interview on phone, each around 30-45 minutes. All interviews were back to back. After getting shortlisted, I was called for face to face interview. There were 2 rounds of face to face interviews : one slightly technical and another one HR round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical questions regarding hardware design and algorithm pertaining to binary tree.
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.