I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Aug 2010
Interview
1. telephonic where in your projected related questions will be asked
2. 3 rounds of interview on C, data structure, projected related, switching, routing
3. HR round where in compensation related question will be asked
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Oct 2011
Interview
Many rounds of interview. Min. 4-5 rounds + HR round. Questions include OSI layer, functions of various layers, struct and union, macros, bit shifting, padding, bit wise operations, routing protocols, dhcp, nat, ipv4, ipv6.