I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2017
Interview
Very nice, we talked about resume first and then asked about general CS basic and network, OS bits of knowledge, medium level coding questions. Will give hint and discuss with you. And a lunch interview like just team match. The from phone interview to onsite is only a week and from onsite to give out an offer was another week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
general CS basic and network, OS knowledge. Some coding questions around the array and binary tree. Not too difficult.
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.