I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
Overview of the infrastructure market and product management questions. A lot of questions about how to get things done, execution focus. Interview with the CTO was great. Discussion about the market, opportunity and areas to focus. A lot of A/B scenarios.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions about the market transitions and technology transitions.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Nov 2013
Interview
Interview process consists of a resume review followed by a phone interview and concluded with a single in-person interview at Cisco's San Jose, CA headquarters. The staffing agency contacted me to assess my work history and overall qualifications. I then had a phone interview with the onsite staffing agency before going to a 1:1 interview with the department manager.
The department manager made the decision to hire me and I started work the next week.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Dallas, TX) in Oct 2011
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter after an employee who is an acquaintance referred me for a position. I did an initial phone interview, followed by 3 in-person interviews with 3 different managers. I was offered the job about a week after the 3rd interview. I started about 2 weeks after we negotiated a mutually acceptable deal. It was a fairly straight-forward process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Among many other things, they wanted to discuss in detail my previous experience in bringing new HW products to market.