I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Dec 2016
Interview
The interview was excellent and it was held in San Jose(CA) location. Applied online and got scheduled with phone screen after 1 week. After phone screen and 1-month wait, I was called for an onsite meeting with 5 people + lunch. Met the team and had a great time with them. Questions were focused more on cloud technologies and resume. Coding questions were asked in python. All were easy to solve.
Got the outcome and there were able to make me an offer. However, the hiring manager called me up after a week and asked me petty questions and my offer was declined.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic Data Structures and algorithms
Cloud Tech
Networking
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
The first round was help on campus. The second round there was a phone interview. The third round had a webcam interview. The fourth round was another webcam interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were basic coding questions related to data structures as well as theoretical questions about operating systems and computer networks.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Cisco in Apr 2017
Interview
Phone interview. 1 hour. Explained on what the team does.
Asked about projects for warmup.
Stack and heap corruption detection and prevention.
Had bugs in edge cases for the coding. Interviewer didn't seem to be happy with that. Needs flawless code.