I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2010
Interview
Apllied through my friend's friend who is an employee of Cisco. The interview was with three people one-to-one, each averages 45 mins. They needed somebody with expertise in OS, device drivers and C. Most of the questions were from what we find on internet, the standard questions including C programs. Lack of preparation cost me.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Details of memory storage for different type of variable definitions in C.
int i;
int j=0;
int k=1;
const int l;
which goes to data, bss, rodata, etc.
In virtual memory, can two different processes have the same address? When you answer "No" which is correct, how one process can access another process' memory, for example the debugger can access the variables and change them while debugging?
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.
3 technical rounds of 35-45 mins each for a 5 years experience JS fullstack.
1. Project currently working on + design patterns employed and resume based questions in details to check the depth.
2. System design interview - asked me to mention an approach to design a microservice for retail client. Followed up by questions on why I've chosen a particular tech stack and questions on how to tackle certain situations in real word on such services (inventory + payments etc).
3. DS based test - question was bit easy.