I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Jan 2014
Interview
alked online with a recruiter from the UK. He said Photon where his customers and sent them my CV. I agreed to task the test over the weekend and recieved a link with a HakerRank Test.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Make a function that verifies if a triangle is corect. You actually have to verify if 3 triangles are correct, thus your input is int[]a , int[]b, int[]c , and you output has to be e.g. YES, NO, YES as a string[].
Another Problem involved reading a .log file with about 7 columns, seperated by spaces, and identifying which rows had a string containg a ".gif" file. Your output had to be the list of .gif file names.
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.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco in May 2026
Interview
Series of 4 interviews, First screening with HR Recruiter, reviewed resume and qualifications, second was hiring manager, reviewed experience and skills. Technical interview with team as a panel type interview, Last with hiring Director.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical questions on networking. Experience with work enviroment