I applied through college or university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Oct 2013
Interview
There was a fixed half an hour interview. Most of it was technical and other questions were asked based on my resume. I was asked details on each and every project. They asked about the challenges I faced during my projects both in a company as well as school.
All in all it was a holistic interview.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cisco (Boxborough, MA) in May 2013
Interview
An initial phone screening with a recruiter, followed by a phone interview with a manager. On site interview with 5 people (the more people you talk to the better, as they will cut the interview short if they aren't getting a good impression). I talked to the site lead manager first, then 3 engineers, th
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If your workstation cannot ping google, how would you debug the problem?
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Kanata, ON) in Apr 2012
Interview
One round of phone screening
3-4hrs of second round technical (on-site)
3-4 sessions, each sessions -> 40-60min
2-3 interviewers each session, multiple technical questions, but only fundamental questions
40% C programming
30% OS
20% TCP/IP network questions
10% behavior/previous experience
The interview was long, so most of the important knowledge points will be covered.
There is no weird questions, most questions are straightforward. Be careful on the details. Interviewer would judge based on your thinking process and your ability to deal with the details..
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write code to implement a Binary search. Then construct a Binary search tree. Talk about AVL tree. Describe the difference between binary semaphore and mutex.