I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Waterloo, ON) in Mar 2022
Interview
A manager saw me resume at a virtual Job Fair and recommended me for the position.
A week or so later, I had a video call interview for one hour with one interviewer. She asked me simple questions about threading and operating systems. Also gave me a coding question, a simple one involving something to do with linked lists. I forgot, but it was simple
Then I got called for second interview, video call for 3 hours, 1 hour - technical, 2 interviewers, 1 hour - technical, 2 interviewers, ~1 hour - Manager, 1 interviewer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) Write a program to print a NxN dimensional array in spiral order, starting from indices 0,0 and ending at N/2, N/2
2) Write a program to reverse a linked list
3) Write a program to insert an element in a sorted linked list
4) Write a program to delete an element from a linked list
5) Dry run a simple C program using cstrings and pointers (turns out [] operator has higher precedence than & operator)
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Behavioural:
1) Describe a challenging, uncertain experience where you achieved something
2) Asked about my grades
3) Asked about prior job experience
4) Asked whether I had any other interviews
5) Asked if I had any questions about the company/role
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco in Feb 2022
Interview
They sent me an email with a link to the coding interview. This was 1h 30 mins long and consisted in 3 programming questions. I feel that they weren't too complicated but they required to know different data structures.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Apr 2021
Interview
1. Hackerrank Test
2. Technical Interview - 1
3. Technical Interview - 2
4. Manager Interview
5. HR Round
Crossing 4 rounds guarantees selection.
HR Round will be negotiation of salary.
There will be background verification prior joining.
Interviewers are extremely kind, professional. They would explain the answers if we don't know. They are very professional.