I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Aug 2015
Interview
Round one contained some really out of box questions on networking , C and DBMS.Followed by tech and HR interview. Interview focused mainly on basic Networking concepts with aome queations on Communication .HR asked some situation based queations .These questions also tried to test my reaction in a stressful environment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1.Explain Different IP addressing.
2.what do you understand by DHCP?
3.Explain LSA .
4.What is three way handshake.Explain packet flow.
5.Explain OSPF ,BGP .
6.Troubleshoot network problem.
it was 3 tec round. and 1 manager round.
all questions were related to the scenario bases on networking.
topics: VPN/ Proxy/ Firewall/ and basic networking
manager round was very easy
Registered via Cisco ideathon. Three rounds of interview.
Technical, managerial, HR rounds.
All questions were easy to medium technical round had lot of questions and 2 DSA questions.
Managerial was about few situational questions.
Interview with direct manager and few other senior engineers from the team. Engineers focused on technical side about various OSI layers. Manager's questions were more behavioural about managing difficult situations and coming up with new ideas.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Scenario based questions as well as troubleshooting problems. Was given a scenario where traffic could reach from one host to another hosts which are connected via a series of switches and routers. Was asked to walk through how I would troubleshoot the given problem.