I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2023
Interview
Interview process had few different phases. A code test, a code review and a panel. I only made it through the code review before deciding to take a different position
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to write a small program in the language of my preference
Screening phone call, 15 min introductory conversation. Technical interview consisted of asking basic OOP, 2 LC Easy-Med questions, and being asked about your project experience. Ghosted and rejected finally after a month.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Create a class in Python that parses a CSV into JSON format
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Aug 2025
Interview
The interview process consist of 4 rounds with 3 being tech+hr and last round just for salary and location discussion. Standard DSA was asked nothing out of striver A to Z sheet and CS fundamentals mainly CN.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LRU and LFU cache and main highlight was trie was asked which is very rare the question was pretty basic and projects in very deep whatever technical terms written in CV to explain the project each of it was asked in very detail.