I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cisco in Jan 2011
Interview
Flew candidates out to Cali. Went through three rounds of interviews 45 mins each. Went over what was on my resume, some basic programming questions like linked lists, and also some intelligence questions like how many weighs do you need to know what is the bad ball out of 8 balls.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how many scale measurements does it take to know which ball out of 8 balls weighs more? Then how many does 28 balls take?
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Atlanta, GA) in Oct 2010
Interview
The interviewer started off by describing aspects of the company. He asked me which of the following I would be most interested in. Then proceeded to ask me questions about various past work experiences in which I did something outstanding, or went above and beyond what was asked etc. I would advice thinking over your past experiences to have some good memories already in mind when you go in. Lastly, I took a skills test regarding my C coding experience.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
When did you ever go above and beyond what was originally asked of you during a previous job?