I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in July 2023
Interview
The first round of the hiring process was an online test consisting of 3 coding questions on Hackerrank. We were supposed to make teams of 3 people. Only one device could type the code.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Say there is a string of characters, and you can delete any number of the same characters that are connected to each other, how many minimum moves do you need to delete the string. Eg. abbba Here there "bbb" are the same characters connected to each other. If you delete them, you get "aa". Now delete "aa" and the whole string is deleted. So you needed 2 moves
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.