I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Chennai) in Jan 2012
Interview
Written: 60 questions in 60 mins. The questions wear centered around aptitude, basic computer science, networking. I guess there was no negative marks.
one technical panel of 2.
Why joining the company?
How do you know the company.
Technical questions
HR:
Primarily focused on whether I like the company and purse a long career
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.