I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Feb 2007
Interview
I applied through the university's career website, and was interviewed on campus. The interview was 30 minutes long, and it was mainly him trying to find out my personality. He didn't ask ANY technical questions, and more than half the time he was answering the questions I asked about Cisco. So my advice would be to have many questions in mind before going for an interview, and also just to be safe, be ready to talk about your any class projects (in detail) you have worked on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Like I said, most of the time he was answering my questions -- so there weren't that many questions. I think the fact that he didn't ask any technical question was what I was surprised about.