It was well laid out interview process. The recruiter contacted me with the job requirements and scheduled the interview for next week. The interview was good not too tough. One should know the fundamentals of C#, .Net Framework core, MVC, Entity Framework core. There were a couple of questions Rest APIs, HTTP methods, filtering in Rest APIs. And lastly few questions from DS on String manipulation and Arrays.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What are collections in C#? What are the advantages of Non-Generic collections over Generic collections?
2. What are early binding and late binding?
3. How can we implement caching at the client side for Redbus application?
4. What are various types of caching?
5. Discussion on micro-services architecure.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cisco (Chicago, IL)
Interview
March 13th; Took a hackerrank exam, 3 easy-med leetcode DSAs. One was rotating a matrix and the other was a binary search. And the third was a basic sql. Did not hear back until July.
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
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Jun 2026
Interview
The interview started well and covered backend concepts, Java, system design, and coding. I answered the questions confidently and had a positive interaction throughout.
After receiving the rejection, I spoke with HR to understand the feedback. I was informed that the interviewer believed I was looking at answers during the interview. This came as a surprise because I was not referring to any external material. I have a habit of looking away while thinking or recalling concepts, which I believe may have been misunderstood.
I wish this concern had been raised during the interview so I could have clarified it immediately. If there are concerns about a candidate’s behavior, discussing them in real time or asking for a room scan can help avoid misunderstandings.
Overall, the interview questions were fair, but I feel my evaluation was influenced by this misunderstanding rather than my technical performance.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Sort a nearly sorted array. I was asked for an optimal solution and discussed the time and space complexity.