I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Aug 2024
Interview
The interviewer asked about the projects done. They inquired about one of my projects and asked about possible optimizations. Then they asked about few networking and database questions. In the end they asked a coding question based on two pointer (like 2sum).
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cisco (Pune) in Sep 2024
Interview
4 rounds 3 technical 1 hr. schedules in 2 days. Gave codewithcisco and got an interview opportunity through that. CN, DBMS, OOPS, OS, Projects, resume was asked. 4 rounds each of 1 hr.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Projects, resume, routing protocols, different network devices
Interview consisted of basic programming and CS concepts from Networking , OS , DS, and Algo.
Started with introduction and then into OOPS and Java questions then dived into OS questions and some distributed systems question. Interview lasted 45 minutes.