I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Apr 2015
Interview
Joined as fresher.. So first round written test followed by 3 rounds of technical.. Emphasis on Strong basics in programming and Networking. One HR round. It was just for formality. Took long time to complete the entire process, almost a month.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What happens in the background when you type www.cisco.com in the url and hit enter?
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Jun 2015
Interview
First written has C, Aptitude, Electronics and networking Question., Then interview has data structure and networking Question. After technical HR round. After qualifying for written there will be two technical round and in last HR round will be there.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Bombaim) in Aug 2013
Interview
Written test followed by Tech rounds and then HR
Written Test is mostly comprising of technical questions and quant.
I faced 3 Tech rounds...
1st was on data structures and algos
2nd was more about past projects/work
3rd was about your problem solving skills
HR round is just the confirmation and salary etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
in tech rounds...
1. how do you generate random numbers...
2. linked-list related questions
3. different sorting techniques and their advantages
in problem solving skills
1. how do you major the length of all road in a campus without using any speedometer...
all methods you could think of were expected...
then he went further and asked how one can do it with using cycle only ...
2. you are at ground floor...lift at 3rd and your friend is at 6th...
in which direction lift will go if you and your friend presses the button simultaneously?
no delta time involved between two pressings