The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Cisco in Jun 2010
Interview
The interview went well from different perspectives. It started from phone interview after HR person found the resume online. In the phone interview, several general technical questions were asked to determine if the employer wants to move further or not. After that, an onsite interview was given. Several guys showed up in the one-hour-each onsite interview, focusing on tech questions and puzzles. The offer was given after the onsite interview in a month or so.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do think about your future career path in this company?
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.