I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Shanghai, Shanghai) in Jun 2018
Interview
one phone and two on-sites, it was a professional interview experience which give me exposure to the working environment and team vibe of Cisco; the whole process until offer decision did not involve a recruiter, Cisco technical dept has independent power to recruit people
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phone interview queried personal background, reason for leaving job, etc / on-site 1 offered a written test regarding some basic tcl and python questions, also involved with some developer and team manager query technical experiences details/ on-site 2 offered familiarity with SJC team members via telcon
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
It was a phone call initially. Interviewer asked for basic questions on networking, SDN and some programming. Then he asked for video call for the final interview which was for 2 hrs.
On the day of the interview it was 2 rounds. Both rounds are completely technical rounds.
First round was completely based on Networking related questions. Questions were completely basic knowledge of computer networks and protocols. Have in depth knowledge of working protocols.
Second round started with basic python programming logics and also some networking questions.
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Basic questions on HTTP, DNS, DHCP, TCP handshake etc.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Oct 2014
Interview
1 hour technical interview
30 minutes personal interview
Most of them were related to computer networks
Questions were also asked based on the required job profile
I was asked to code. Logical reasoning questions were also asked.
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Question 1
Most of the questions were related to computer networks