I applied through university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco in Nov 2009
Interview
basic resume questions. describe projects, nature of coursework, interest in Cisco, etc. Basic Java q's like access modifiers, inheritance, polymorphism, etc. interview was only 30 minutes, so there was only time for one tech. question. which was a classic-- how to reverse a linked list. Pretty chill and laid back.
They asked mostly behavioral questions, with one fairly easy technical. As long as I explained my answer to the technical question, it seemed to make them happy. They would make the interview feel more like a conversation. Overall, very friendly interviewer and process.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cisco (Mountain View, CA) in Aug 2024
Interview
Had an OA, then a recruiter screen, then first round interview mostly in JavaScript. Asked around 10 conceptual questions, then two live coding questions, I would say both were mediums or tougher easy level.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Database query question, reading into a hashmap spitting out summarized visualized data.