The hiring process at Cisco takes an average of 46 days when considering 2 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for CSM had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Intern Field Sales roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru)
Interview
Initial round was a written test consisting of 20 Aptitude and 30 Technical (Networks, Digital Logic mostly) questions. Next round was a Techhical Interview. Questions asked ranged from explaining about previous Projects undertaken to explaning some algorithms (search/sort etc). Some also involved about the programming language you were mostly familiar with (for ex: C). There were some questions on Networks, OSI layer, switches, routers etc. Math puzzles may be asked. Round following this would be HR.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asking puzzle was a bit unexpected. It was the water jars puzzle.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
Spoke to them at campus career fair, scheduled 30 minute on campus interview for the next day. The interview was very informal, talked through my resume, offered an internship a week later.