I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Feb 2010
Interview
Initially contacted by a recruiter who explained the role. I was then invited to meet with the hiring manager. After a one hour interview I was invited back to meet with 2 HR partners. Following those face-to-face interviews I met with 2 of the 3 leaders the position would support. I talked to the third leader on the phone.
The recruiter kept me updated about the status of the recruiting process the entire team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cisco is not an easy place to navigate. How would you assimilate yourself into the organization?
Very smooth process, good conversations, timely response, the questions were related to the job, I enjoyed the conversations. I was able to learn a lot about the culture and the job, got to meet the team members.
Insgesamt sehr angenehm und locker. Es fanden mehrere Gespräche kurz aufeinander statt, mit verschiedenen Managern an diversen Standorten. Dauer je ca. 1 Stunde. Inhaltlich alle sehr ähnlich. Man hatte den Eindruck die Fragen wurden abgesprochen. Gespräche waren in Englisch.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Klassische Fragen, Vorstellung, Stärken Schwächen, Wie stellen Sie sich ihr Arbeitsgebiet vor, was waren Ihre Erfolge und Misserfolge, was haben sie hieraus gelernt
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Cisco (Munich, Bavaria) in Apr 2016
Interview
After a horrible online process I managed to apply. It took 6 weeks before I was contacted after my application. The telephone interview did someone from Ireland. She even didn't now that the office is moving now - and she didn't read my CV properly in advance, asked questions (reporting line, which already was in my CV) three times. Afterwards it took another 8 weeks before I received feedback.