I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Oct 2012
Interview
I have applied through a consultant. After an initial telephone screening by an engineer, I was invited to onsite (Bangalore office).
During the onsite, I had three F2F technical discussions and a lunch interview, final discussion with the director was over phone (as he was available in Bangalore office during my interview day).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data structures, networking and about my projects.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco in Jun 2019
Interview
Total Interview process took 3 rounds. One phone screen with basic c coding and os questions. Then one c programming interview on phone. then 6 video interviews focusing on os, comp arch, assembly language, algorithms and projects based on resume and got an offer in a week.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
Interview was easy and hiring manager set a clear expectation of what he was looking for that role and responsibilities. 3 rounds of interview was done and there were coding questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what was the toughest challenges faced in my previous projects and how did i resolve them?
I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Champaign, IL) in Sep 2016
Interview
Very relaxed. Went straight to technical questions regarding work on my resume (lots of C and x86 programming). Whole thing was about 45 minutes, made sure to answer past what he asked to show the depth of my answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Difference between process and thread? How does malloc and calloc work?