I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
Four rounds (few of my friends had five)
There was a coding round with two coding questions + 30 mcq (one hour duration total for both)
One technical (few had two of these)
One managerial
One hr
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly about data structures such has queue stack linked list (asked to implement problems on them in realtime in a text editor)
Lots and lots of short questions from operating systems
Computer networks (lots of them covered whole )
Algorithms
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.