I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Calgary, AB) in Mar 2018
Interview
Webex interview. Was given a problem to solve on my local machine. The problem was unexpected for me, and I needed to install some packages during the interview to solve it. The interviewer was helpful though.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You're given a text file with some jsons and json arrays. The task is to parse that file and compute various aggregate things. You can choose any language you want.
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.