I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Apr 2018
Interview
Got a call from the HR representative. The representative given an overview about the job profile and the interview process. The interview was then scheduled and I received an email regarding the same.
It was a full day interview consisting of 4 technical rounds. In the first round, I was asked to describe my current projects using whiteboard and markers. The interviewer had suggested some changes in the design and asked me how would I implement those design changes. The second round was about design patterns. In the third round, I was asked to write code in paper. The fourth round was about virtualization
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What are the differences between sleep and wait methods? ( Java )
It was long time ago. Wouldn't apply any longer. It was an average interview. Mostly around coding and the work I had done before. Operating System, Networking, Device Drivers, technology, testing etc etc.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cisco in Oct 2017
Interview
Started with a 30-minute on-campus interview in the career center. Half of it was resume review and behavioral questions, the other half was a small technical question.
Follow-up interview was through WebEx with a Senior Software Engineer. It was mostly technical, there was a share screen coding assignment and some questions about courses I had taken.