I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cisco in Jun 2022
Interview
Calm and serene interviewer, supportive and asked more about my projects mentioned in my resume. I was asked about one of my projects and the questions were more on how I approached the whole process and not the tech itself. Then he asked me a simple puzzle. He then moved on to ask which was my favorite language.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you find the no of nodes in a Linked-List without traversing it?
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.