I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cisco in Sep 2016
Interview
The interview process consisted of 4 rounds.
Round 1: Aptitude + c + Electronics + networking(MCQs No negative marking)
The aptitude questions had a good mix of probability, speed and time, numbers, time and work etc.
Question on digital electronics,8085 instruction ,transistor,
Round 2: Technical Interview (1hr)
Asked a designing problem and some data structure ,networking problem
Round 3: Technical Interview (50 minutes)
technical question on networking,data structure,os.
Round 4: HR Interview
Here your communication skills will be put to test.Normal hr question like biggest achievement,what do you want to change in yourself,why cisco etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is arp poisoning ?
what happens when you type google.com in the browser ?
check for Loop in linked list ?
convert Little to big endian ?
thread related question on os.(traffic signal scheduling)
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco in Jul 2012
Interview
1 round of Quants Interview, 2 rounds technical, 1 round HR interview, Since this is done at the college campus, the entire process took only 1 day. Quants was pretty average, technical rounds were also not difficult. With proper preparation, one can crack the interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Network related Questions, Data structures and Algorithms
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2012
Interview
3 technical interviews, followed by 1 HR. negotiation was tough with HR. tech interview was average. Interviewers were pretty helpful. Hints were given when stuck. it was white board. syntax was of less importance