I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Montreal, QC) in Jan 2015
Interview
The interview was provided through internet. I had the interview with team manager and team lead. After brief presentation of my previous experience I was asked some technical questions. The whole interview took about an hour. I was really surprised to get an offer in half-an-hour after the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a function that evaluates a sum of all integers from 1 to 100.
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.