The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco in Dec 2010
Interview
I contacted a person inside cisco, whom I don't know.
He reviewed my resume and contacted me to have a short phone interview.
It was roughly 30 minutes long interview,
he mainly asked questions oriented to software development, which I don't know much about.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to efficiently implement log function using C?
The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2009
Interview
I got in through University recruitment program. I had 2 rounds one on campus at the school and the other one at the company's head quarters.
Interview was very long and asked everything from A-Z
There were 8 people in all who interviewed me other than a director and a VP.
The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Nov 2010
Interview
I started with the company from a Job Fair at my university. The turn around time between meeting with a PR and getting an e-mail took about two weeks. They let me know about on-campus interviews and I signed up for one.
At the interview, I was paired with a young gentlemen who asked mainly technical questions based around data structures and algorithms.
Afterwards, I was contacted two weeks after for an on-site interview. I had the interview in their Texas location. It consisted of 3 45-minute interviews. Compared to other friends who had their interviews at the same time, mine was fairly personality based. I was asked only one technical question, but my other friends were technically grilled. I think it matters for the random group you were placed in.
I had a fairly positive perception of the company afterwards. There were two or three presentations as well as a tour which highlighted the work environment and life. It seems very group-based, and those there seemed to be engaging and good listeners.