I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Aug 2020
Interview
First-round was phone screening, where engineering from the team called and asked about the project which I have recently worked on, and also asked questions on a basic algorithm and their complexities. later asked questions on networking concepts like VLAN, STP, classful and classless addressing, and then write a code to determine the endianess.
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.