I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Feb 2015
Interview
This was a hiring hackathon. Some problems were given out of which we had to choose anyone.
The problem was based on "world travelling challenge". It was a 2 day hackathon in Cisco bangalore campus.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
None. Problems were asked from that problem only. We had to minimize the overall complexity of the problem using best fit data structure.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
Mostly about the projects I have worked on in CS. The interviewer was very interested in what classes I had taken and what sort of programming experience I had. He asked me to detail the traits of my various projects. The process was relatively smooth and the HR department was very accommodating.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What projects have you worked on? How do you learn?
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
I wasn't interviewed. I was hired based on work I did during two internships. The first internship when I was interviewed I was asked to describe projects I had worked on in the past. For the second internship I was asked what I'd like to work on in my interview.