I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Cisco (Ottawa, ON) in Dec 2014
Interview
They invited for in-site interview. There a person responsible for technical questions and the manager was also there and was listening to my answers while working with his laptop. Lots of technical questions about java and networking. How the Internet works. How you can write a linked list and so on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to understand a linked list is planar or loop?
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.