I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Dec 2018
Interview
The interview comprised of 3 technical rounds.
1st round was an online hackerrank test round. I cleared it was called within 2 weeks for the interview. Then I had 2 technica rounds CV round and non CV round. Both were purely coding. I was asked to write programs on white board. I answered all the questions correctly in the first tound and was able to implement efficient solutions. In the second round though something weird happened. I was being interviewed by a guy who had a meeting with the director at that very point. So he was doing both the things at the same time. Asked me to implement 3 solutions overall. 2 of which I knew almost instantly as I had practiced a lot. I literally took a holiday specifically for that CISCO interview because I really wanted to be a part of the company and had worked really hard for the opportunity. The third question that I implemented was a cache in C. I used a hash map and coded it completely in c. I was not interrogated at all. Whatever it was ,I knew I was not wrong as hash map is an optimal way to implement a cache as it has constant time insertion, searching and retreival time. I knew that. Whenever I used to look at the interviewer he seemed busy with the computer as he had a meeting. The interview was over and I felt really great as I answered all the questions correctly that the interviewer asked me. Then I met the HR and she asked me if I the interviewer gave me enough attention. I told her straightway that the interviewer was definitely distracted, he even left the office 3 times. I told her that the interviewer managed both the things well as did not want to say bad things , also my interview went really well so I literally wasnt worried at all. She then said she would communicate the result. Till date no communication ,saw a NOT CONSIDERED flag as my application status on the portal. HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE. I emailed ghe HR explaining my situation, still have not received any email. The most horrible experience ever
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Nov 2018
Interview
Interview consisted of 3 rounds -
- HackerRank Test
- Two Technical rounds
All was based completely on C such as how the C compiler behaves in execution of functions, on Lists and data structures etc. - for Cisco IOS Development
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
#define mul(a, b) a*b
int main(){
ans = mul(9, 5);
return 0;
}
Questions on optimization, How Compiler works - All based on C language alone
Interview Process was fine and organized well.
But after the interview I was made to wait for more than a hour and half - I did not take off for the day from work, this unnecessary wait caused frustration.
When they finally let me go, while exiting the building, the security personnel stopped me and said I can only exit with a Cisco Employee as an escort as per Cisco rules, but was not provided with one nor was told anything about this when I was asked to leave - so had to apologize to him and said this won't happen again, for something that was not my fault.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco in Oct 2018
Interview
Recruiter contacted me on linkedin. Set a phone call interview with an engineer. Took forever just to track someone down to be available to interview me. Red flag number 1. Their whole recruiting process was extremely UNORGANIZED, I knew I would never want to work here even before I interviewed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you like most about programming? In depth C questions. What is the difference between static in c and static in c++? What is big endian vs little endian? Interview was a load of crap.