I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cisco in Jan 2011
Interview
Flew candidates out to Cali. Went through three rounds of interviews 45 mins each. Went over what was on my resume, some basic programming questions like linked lists, and also some intelligence questions like how many weighs do you need to know what is the bad ball out of 8 balls.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how many scale measurements does it take to know which ball out of 8 balls weighs more? Then how many does 28 balls take?
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.