I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
Had 5-6 rounds of interviews. The aptitude and problem solving was looked upon. The interview was arranged in 2 rounds. The interviewers were very friendly.
Each interview lasted for about 45 mins to an hour. Different rounds covered different topics like OS, Networking, Data Structures etc.
A lot of algorithms questions were asked to test the aptitude.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Multi threading and synchronization related questions
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (London, England) in Jul 2013
Interview
After the online test, I got a call from an HR manager, who asked me about my life like hobbies and so on. After that, I went to Lisbon to have two video interviews (about tech stuff) with people from London and after that I was asked to go to London and spent a whole day in a room with different people from different areas coming in and interviewing me.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What was the biggest challenge you faced and how did you overcome it?
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cisco (Hongkong) in May 2015
Interview
The first round was a usual interview telling about yourself the basic information and project experience and the second round is more formal and have two interviewees together and last for about 1 hour and a half. After that just the usual any question for them part and finished.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked question about algorithms and data structure but all very easy and basic ones. Then follows related with the software engineering, and design pattern, they also include some question about the networking. But the most importantly was the question focused on your CV and project experience, how do you solve those problems and why do you choose this.