I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Oct 2008
Interview
Recruiter contacted me, had phone interview with Recruiter then with Hiring Manager. Had in person interviews with Hiring Manager, VP of my segment and VP of Sales.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Cisco (Santa Clara, CA) in Aug 2008
Interview
Great interview process, phone screen, then 1:1 where they rearranged schedules so I got to meet VP as well as directors and managers. Also they let me interview a rep as I asked to talk to someone in not management. Great process. Longest part was background check as not inhouse
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
roleplaying on spot with director for a deep dive on questions about product
I applied through university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cisco in Apr 2007
Interview
From my university, I was interviewed by three panels of 2-people each. Previous sales experience was nil and I was interviewing for a sales position, so typical sales-job questions were limited. I was asked on my perspectives of the sales process, given situations to analyse and made to do one or two mock sales pitches. Then, I was flowin to the location I wanted to be based out of, for more rounds of interview - 3 more rounds. I was interviewed from the top to the immediate manager - again, typical questions on my previous work and sales perspectives. The HR was super quick in rolling out the offer as I was on a deadline from another company.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
How would you position Cisco's strengths vis-a-vis competition?