The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2009
Interview
I got in through University recruitment program. I had 2 rounds one on campus at the school and the other one at the company's head quarters.
Interview was very long and asked everything from A-Z
There were 8 people in all who interviewed me other than a director and a VP.
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.