I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco in Sep 2017
Interview
For me first round was hacker rank coding challenge.
After clearing that,there were 4 F2F technical rounds and one manager round
They checked my networking skills as well as programming skills
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why cisco?
some logical questions and some puzzles which you can find it on google
Why are you need this job?
Some networking questions(on l2/l3 protocols)
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Jan 2015
Interview
Telephonic interview followed by 5 rounds of technical interview and one managerial interview.
Telephonic interview was very easy where fundamentals were checked.
5 round technical interview was detailed, Long drawn but was complete in one day.
Cisco campus is nice and the HR and technical teams care for the interviewer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions on Algorithms and Datastructures.
Basics of networking.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
Typical interview with one phone screen and 3-4 on-site (or telephonic) interviews. You will be connected with a hiring manager and/or a team manager. They contact you and fix a date that suits both the parties. The interview itself was very smooth and was conducted over Cisco WebEx.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Given a binary tree, find if it is a BST or not.
2. Differences between router and switch.
3. Reverse a singly linked list.