I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2018
Interview
7 runs onsite interview, there is one interviewer coding question I can not answer, I no idea in that time. Other 6 coding questions is OK. Manager is very nice but Engineer not very nice.
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.