I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Cisco in Jan 2009
Interview
Had phone interview first where basic questions related to background wer asked. After that I was called for 1:1 interviews. There were 6 interviews ~30 mins each. Some were technical & some were more personality tests. Got an offer within a week. Salary was negotiable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
None of the questions asked were difficult or unexpcted.
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.