I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco in Sep 2017
Interview
For me first round was hacker rank coding challenge.
After clearing that,there were 4 F2F technical rounds and one manager round
They checked my networking skills as well as programming skills
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why cisco?
some logical questions and some puzzles which you can find it on google
Why are you need this job?
Some networking questions(on l2/l3 protocols)
Standard panel, very simple leetcodes. reverse linked list kind of vibe s . I was literarly asked about how a linked list is structured and reversing it. there was almost no friction which I was shocked by one of the reason I did not accept
They care about your skills, rather than your background. They have a template which they provide and you got to fill that, everyone is provided a unique number. You are instructed not to disclose any of your personal details in the due course of your interview.
The interview process was two rounds. The first round was a behavioral interview. Straightforward questions, like tell me about the most technically challenging project you have worked on. The second round was a system design interview.