I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cisco (Manipal) in Aug 2025
Interview
The interview happens in 4 stages; group discussion and 3 rounds of interview. It has one technical, one managerial and one HR round. The main focus is on your resume and work experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Group discussion was an Extempore, each individual was given a topic, 30sec for thinking and then have to speak on it for the next 90 seconds.
Technical Rounds focus more on your resume and projects, you must have a complete understanding about your project and your contribution. Managerial Round is a mix of Technical and Scenario based questions where your ethics and professionalism are checked.
HR round is somewhat similar to other companies.
1st Round
-> Written test(Aptitude and Technical Questions from DIgital , analog, )
2nd Round
-> TR+MR+HR
TR - 25 minutes(Intro, differeence between sequential and combinational
MR - 15mins
HR - 10 mins
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic to meduium questions what you have mentioned in resume
It was easy and they asked basic questions about Hardware , filters and op-amps and the interview process was smooth consists of 5 rounds , 3 tech rounds and one phone call and one HR