I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Cisco (Bangalore Rural) in Aug 2022
Interview
The interview process typically involves multiple stages to assess technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and cultural fit.The process often begins with a recruiter screening to evaluate your resume, experience, and basic technical knowledge. If successful, you might be given a technical assessment. This could include coding exercises, system design problems, or debugging challenges. You'll likely have one or more technical interviews with Cisco engineers. These sessions delve deeper into your technical skills, problem-solving approach, and how you apply theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios. For more senior roles, there might be a system design interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q. Given an array of integers and a target sum, find all pairs that add up to the target.
Q. Find the length of the longest increasing subsequence of a given array of integers.
Q. Given n non-negative integers representing an elevation map, compute how much water it can trap after raining.
Q. Given a set of coin denominations, determine the number of ways to make a certain amount of change.
Q. Partition a string into the minimum number of palindromic substrings.
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.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco in May 2026
Interview
Series of 4 interviews, First screening with HR Recruiter, reviewed resume and qualifications, second was hiring manager, reviewed experience and skills. Technical interview with team as a panel type interview, Last with hiring Director.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical questions on networking. Experience with work enviroment