I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Trichy) in Jul 2017
Interview
On campus interview involving 3 rounds, Two were technical and one HR. Resume is important and good scores are essential. For my role, decent programming skills and good soft skills were required.
The first round had questions on basic programming, and networking. In the second round, though technical, puzzles were asked and soft skills were tested. Based on my performance in these rounds, I felt the HR round was going to be a mere formality and it was just that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Difference between TCP/IP
2. Coding questions in C++
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.