I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Aug 2020
Interview
The interview process was really long, took around 4 hrs in the day that too in quick succession. Then they took another round at 11 PM which shouldn't be the appropriate time to take any interview
Interviewer was friendly and very helpful when I took time to answer questions.
Tough questions, lengthy interview time over multiple rounds. Asked questions from a range of topics from networking to data structures.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Programming questions to show understanding of logic and efficiency
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cisco in Sep 2020
Interview
This was a pure virtual hiring experience. The interviews were coordinated and conducted on Cisco Webex Teams.
The first round i.e. the coding test had 15mcqs and a couple of programming questions, where the supported languages are C (NOT C++) and Java.
The shortlisted candidates appeared for the next round- a Technical interview (duration: 90-100 minutes), where a panel vigorously quizzed them on Operating systems, Computer Networks, Database Management and principles of C programming, and a very detailed discussion on the projects they'd mentioned in their CV.
Next up was the Managerial round which lasted approximately 30-40 minutes, and the interviewer asked basic questions about databases and operating systems, projects I participated in, and other behavioral questions.
The final round was a brief HR round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were loads of questions- memory structure in a C, networking protocols, process management and much more.