I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco in Oct 2013
Interview
I was contacted through University recruiting asking for an interview. On campus interview scheduled with an HR rep, but was rescheduled to a webex (video chat) interview with a software engineer. The interview was about an hour long and consisted of questions about my resume, very basic technical questions, and a few behavioral questions. I got along really well with my interviewer and received an offer a week later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about projects, biggest challenges, conflicts with team members.
What's the difference between languages like Ruby and C?
What is the runtime using BST?
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.