I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Jul 2016
Interview
First phone interview, then they called for on-site interview.
Total 4 rounds
Each round one person, mostly technical questions.
There are few questions about network topologies, about previous work and programming questions.
Overall nice experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a array (it has some zeros and non-zero numbers), sort it such that all zeros should go to the right side of the array and non-zeros numbers shouldn't change the order
ex: 2, 0, 3, 1,0,4 ==> 2,3,1,4,0,0
Conditions: shouldn't use extra space (temp variables ok), should do in 0(n) time
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.