I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Galway) in Nov 2013
Interview
Stage 1 included a brief phone interview, that was not any way technical. The interviewer just scanned through my CV, and I discussed each and every topic on it. It was quite enjoyable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Store a word in a string, and then reverse it and add that newly reversed word to a new string.