The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Jul 2012
Interview
1 Telephonic Round followed by 2 Technical Rounds. Questions were basically from Networking basics (ARP, Routing Basics, Troublesooting) and Network Security Basics (Firewall, NAT, IPS). Other questions related to your previous projects and about the general Software life cycle
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Chennai)
Interview
Saw an opening in a job portal and applied and then got the call next day from one of the consultancy. And they fixed an appointment on the next working day. Had to wait for 10 minutes in the office lobby before HR took me for the individual written test on C. After clearing that attended two back to back technical rounds by two managers and later again another round by a group of managers and then a HR round. I got the offer letter on the same day and joined after two months. This happened 6 years back and ever since I didn't leave the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some brain teaser was an unexpected one though I answered it correctly i.e 1 out of 8 similar looking weights is odd one and need to find that in two weighings.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
It was a smooth process. Got selected through career fair and had an interview on campus. only 1 1-hour interview. Moderate difficulty level. Apply early both online and through career fair. Know your resume well and practice the basic coding problems and that should be enough. they also give you location preference.