I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco in Apr 2014
Interview
Applied to the job in 5 months before the first email to set up an interview, I was constantly traveling that month for other interviews and they were very accommodating to fit in my schedule.First interview was a phone call lasted 30 mins and a week later I had a second 30 mins phone interview.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2011
Interview
From start to finish it was a series of ten webex/phone interviews beginning with hiring manager, then the staffing agency and multiple, global stakeholders from the cross-functional team,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Lines of query were not particularly unexpected although the continuing theme that flowed through most of the interviews was one of probing on commitment to roll-up your sleeves and actually do the work -- not just outlining a strategy for others to execute.