I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Ottawa, ON) in May 2015
Interview
I received a call from a project manager and the phone interview took about an hour, I was asked a few questions about why I choose Cisco and then a few other questions about my fourth year project and previous experience, Once that is done I was asked to join a conference call and start coding some linked lists
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Create a linked list and then write functions to add and delete nodes from it
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Diego, CA) in May 2015
Interview
It was medium to difficult. Asked about bit level manipulations, writing codes for algorithms like sorting, searching, graph and tree traversals and few more. Asked about the projects done as part of coursework. Asked some theory questions related to OOPS, operating systems and network basics.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cisco (Ottawa, ON) in Jan 2011
Interview
First phone interview with the hiring manager, then interview for like half a day with like 7 different people, mostly senior engineers and two managers. Lots of technical questions with the senior, so you better know your stuffs. The managers would ask you more about your past work experiences.