Cisco Director interview questions

More than 8 rounds interview with peers, VPs. I applied the position online and got recruiter's call within one week. The whole process is more than two months, the questions are about the previous experience, culture fit

The hiring manager reached out about a role that had no information about the business unit the role supported. In the interview, the hiring manager didn't provide any information on the business unit or the initiatives the role would be supporting. Instead, the hiring manager asked a series of pointed questions surrounding their business initiatives and strategies they were currently working on or had just completed. I don't believe there was an intention to interview someone to join their team. It felt like a fishing exercise for them to get information to help validate or further the actions they'd taken (or planned to take) on their initiatives. It felt incredibly unfair and taken advantage of. Disappointing, given everything Cisco stands for.