I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Sep 2021
Interview
Regular interview. Works great if you already know someone inside who can vouch for you. expectations from Employer are high, they expect you to know the partners and customers well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Who are the customers you have worked with?
Which your toughest deal?
Interview Rounds with 1) HR-
2)Hiring manager-
3)Director-
4)Offer which can take a bit of time as they interview a lot of candidates. You have to be really sharp to bag a role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) Past key achievements
2) Notable clients worked with
3) toughest sale done
4) challenging scenarios
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Cisco (Austin, TX)
Interview
I was reached to on LinkedIn by a recruiter, first interview was set up pretty quickly. Second interview took weeks and weeks to schedule. Then I was told there was a hold on the opportunity itself - zero communication in the meantime. 3 months later they reached back out with a different person / part of the company asking to interview me for an entirely different position - no background or description of the role was given prior to the interview.
Needs to interview at least 5 rounds. With the Region VP, direct manager, peers, technical manager and they will ask external person to talk to u as well to evaluate u in 360.