I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco in Feb 2011
Interview
The manager was very positive and upbeat. It was a fairly routine interview with many "deep dives" into my past accomplishments and how that would translate and benefit Cisco. I found common ground with the interviewer in order to make a connection to better explain my skill set as well as the skills I was acquiring at school. I did not feel as if this were a high pressure interview or as if the interviewer thought they were superior. The interviewer was very receptive to my questions and answered thoroughly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Ironically, I didn't feel that there were any unexpected questions during this interview. It was much more of a conversation about my skills, expectations of my internship experience and the standard questions like "walk me through your resume" or "how will Cisco benefit from your skills" or "what is unique to you"...
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.