I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
First round was on-campus interview. Followed by on-site interview with 4 engineers and manager. Plenty of white boarding for clean and commented code, some brain teasers, questions revolved around arrays and linked lists. Lunch with the hiring manager towards evening. I found out about the decision in 2 weeks
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Dec 2012
Interview
Technical Phone Screen and then in-person interview with Manager, Technical Lead and Team Member.
Phone Screen went 45 mins, lot of technical questions on the skill set in resume.
In In-Person interview, first manager met and descriobed bat the job, and the project. Then a technical team member - she asked quesions related to sorting algorithms, and data structures. After that Lead came and asked few technical questions and some behavioral questions.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
make a sorted list from two sorted, asked to write the code on board.