I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Cisco (Ottawa, ON) in May 2020
Interview
The whole decision process took 3 months. That's an insane amount of time to be waiting for a decision, especially during COVID. They were extremely tired looking or just not interested to be interviewing or talking in general.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you find an algorithm to count bits with an efficient time complexity?
Can you explain TCP/IP and how does it work, and how do packets travel from one host to another across networks.
Can you implement merge sort or quick sort?
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.