I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru)
Interview
It was a drive for top engineering college passouts in cisco campus. Initially there was one written round with multiple choice questions. Next round was face-to-face interview. This was main round for 1-2 hours and checked our knowledge about networking, operating systems and programming. Nice one for me as i was selected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One written round. Then 2 interview rounds. About my engineering project, networking fundamentals, c program to reverse the string using data structures.
Standard panel, very simple leetcodes. reverse linked list kind of vibe s . I was literarly asked about how a linked list is structured and reversing it. there was almost no friction which I was shocked by one of the reason I did not accept
They care about your skills, rather than your background. They have a template which they provide and you got to fill that, everyone is provided a unique number. You are instructed not to disclose any of your personal details in the due course of your interview.
The interview process was two rounds. The first round was a behavioral interview. Straightforward questions, like tell me about the most technically challenging project you have worked on. The second round was a system design interview.