I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco in Mar 2015
Interview
Well, I repent taking up interview with Cisco. Used to hear that Cisco is a great company to work for, but i did not feel it. Worst University Relations HR. Rude and insensible. The candidate to be selected was kinda fixed, they conducted the written round just for namesake. I was asked to leave (rather rudely) immediately after finishing my offline test. I am sure my paper wasn't even evaluated. And there you go, I travel back home 25 kilometers and then I get a call from someone at Cisco asking me to come back since the candidate which they were planning to hire rejected the offer. And here is the next twist, I receive a call from the same person the next day, asking me not to come since the candidate who rejected the offer has now accepted it. Is this some kinda joke? Nobody would want to be treated that way. It was one horrible mistake to have attended Cisco interview. I would rate 0/5 stars for this company. And yeah, not to forget about the mass layoffs happening at Cisco these days!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was not even considered for the job, even when I deserved it
It was nice, informative. One should prepare using all resources. They will judge your understanding based on everything that you ever demonstrated in the process, so be aware of everything you said or mentioned.
It was basically deep dive into resume and some questions on Dsa. The overall experience was good. There were 4 rounds in total. Be familiar with basics of the language that you primarily use.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru)
Interview
3 rounds. 2 tech and 1 HR. The tech rounds lasted 1 hr 15 means each. HR was just formality for me though some had proper HR rounds. They wanna see how you work out solns with them over the actual one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They were curious on knowing why did you do your projects over what you did.