I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
Applied online and received an email requesting to setup a phone interview. Phone interview was about 30 minutes and was conversational about resume and projects worked. Onsite interview was two hours broken into short one on ones with team members and director. Most were conversational again besides one that tested your software skills.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
There is one Written test.It contains questions related to networks, and problem solving questions followed by 3 rounds of interview.2 technical and 1 hr round.In technicaal round they asked questions related to networks and coding.Hr round is easy b(basic question like why cisco,strngths and weakness)
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
I was contacted by a staffing agency about the position in CISCO, RTP. The initial round with CISCO was a webex call, but due to some issues with my internet connection, I couldn't take up the Webex and the Manager has called me on my mobile and it was 1:1 phone interview asking me to rate myself on Java and if I had any Linux experience. Asked If I have any usage of SQL and GIT. And asked about my expertise.
Got the result in 4 days, and the next round was with a panel of 7 members. 1 team member escorted to the meeting room and excused himself saying there is a priority. So it was a 6 member panel interview which went real smooth. There was no White Board coding. Asked so many questions from my resume like what was my contribution, Did I code any functionality from scratch... It was basically projecting yourself exactly the way your resume talks. This round was like a behavioral kinda as well - What challenges I faced. Finally 1 technical question was asked in Java - Difference b/w Interface and Abstract Class.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was an ex employee of Oracle. So asked me what disadvantages I had working with Oracle DB. This was an unexpected question.