I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Jul 2016
Interview
I had 10 interviews!!!! horrible.
1 recruiter, 1 hiring manager, 2 peers; then 3 peers , then his boss and 3 of her peers (VP) and finally the boss of that group/ TOTAL of 10 interviews...
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Oct 2012
Interview
Contacted by the hiring manager taken for lunch, offered the position right away. Going through some other interviews now, to satisfy the internal requirements, but deal is already signed and agreed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No hard questions, in this company internal connections is the only way to get a job.