I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (New York, NY) in Mar 2013
Interview
Phone and Technical Interviews with questions on OOP concepts, java, networking, tcp/ip, Algorithms and Data Structures. Questions about searching and sorting. Questions about key value pairs or dictionaries and linked lists. How do you find if a given linked list is circular. Write a regular expression to match a IPV4 IP address. What is the difference between layer 3 and layer 2 routing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain shallow and deep copy, What is multi-threading, Describe different classes of ip addresses, what tools and frameworks did you use for your automation project?
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.