I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Cisco (Toronto, ON) in Feb 2024
Interview
Emailed me a coding take home assessment on hackerrank. Three leet code easy problems. All string or array manipulation, surprisingly easy. No follow up or actual human contact during the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Using Python to code "Best time to buy or sell stock"
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.