I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Waterloo, ON) in Feb 2021
Interview
The Cisco hiring process is quite simple but 3 4 stages of the interview rounds. First-round will be a screening interview which is just to get to know about you and your background and skills after then if you got selected your application can be forwarded for a technical round of 3 hours with different panels.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interview questions related to Operating systems, Data Structures, and Algorithms.
1. questions regarding multiprocessing, multithreading, semaphore, mutexes, memory management
2. questions regarding sorting, searching, data structures, string manipulation, linked list manipulation etc.
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.