I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Cary, NC) in Apr 2023
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HackerRank like questions. Two of them on the very easy side, testing that you know fundamentals of coding languages and finally one hard problem to test your problem solving skills. There is also a behavioral and team interview process if you pass the screening questions.
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One of the coding questions was to determine the shortest number of moves for a chess piece to get of the chess board given that the chess board could vary in size. Ex. 6x6 or 5v5
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Cisco (Toronto, ON) in Feb 2024
Interview
Emailed me a coding take home assessment on hackerrank. Three leet code easy problems. All string or array manipulation, surprisingly easy. No follow up or actual human contact during the process.
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Using Python to code "Best time to buy or sell stock"
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Nov 2020
Interview
Four rounds were conducted, including an online test. The online test comprised 2-3 questions related to arrays. Following the online test, there were two technical rounds and one managerial round.
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Challenges encompassed linked list and array problems, understanding malloc functionality, and comprehension of thread operations.