I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco in June 2019
Interview
Total Interview process took 3 rounds. One phone screen with basic c coding and os questions. Then one c programming interview on phone. then 6 video interviews focusing on os, comp arch, assembly language, algorithms and projects based on resume and got an offer in a week.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (Reading, England)
Interview
Initial phone interview discussing CV and general background information. Follow up call to arrange a face to face interview day lasting around 3 hours with various members of the team. Various technical questions on general programming problems and networking expertise with a short programming test. Follow up call around 2 weeks later with some overall feedback from the interview and possible next steps.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe the process of recursive function calls from a low-level/hardware perspective (registers, stack, heap memory etc)
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
Interview was easy and hiring manager set a clear expectation of what he was looking for that role and responsibilities. 3 rounds of interview was done and there were coding questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what was the toughest challenges faced in my previous projects and how did i resolve them?
I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Champaign, IL) in Sept 2016
Interview
Very relaxed. Went straight to technical questions regarding work on my resume (lots of C and x86 programming). Whole thing was about 45 minutes, made sure to answer past what he asked to show the depth of my answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Difference between process and thread? How does malloc and calloc work?