I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Calgary, AB) in Mar 2020
Interview
The first round interview is just the recruiter getting to know you. And then if you get into second round it would be a coding challenge using an online editor.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a dataset file, use JSON to access and process the data.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco in Jul 2020
Interview
45 minute interview with the manager of the team I was interviewing for. She asked mostly questions about my resume and my experience. No technical questions. She allowed plenty of time for me to ask questions which was very helpful for me to get a better sense of the team and the role.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
2 rounds of phone interviews (both audio). Both behavioral and no technical questions asked about data structures or algorithms . Seemed quite unprofessional and unprepared. They not only changed the duties of the role but didn't explain the position clearly until second interview. The first interviewer didn't even seem to realize what type of position they were looking for either. The one semblance of a technical question was very abstract/hypothethical and related more to data science than software engineering.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you had a large number of columns and rows in a data set how would u present this to a client or ur supervisor? (Told me to imagine values for the data set. Didn't give any specifics or labels to identify what sort of data set )