I applied through university. I interviewed at Cisco in June 2022
Interview
good This round was a timed test for 60 minutes and had negative marking of 50% per question, make sure you don’t flunk until you’re very sure about the answer. The questions in this round were in form of cases, 4 questions per case, 5 cases, and hence 20 Questions. Platform for this round was hirepro and proctoring was on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Quick Sort Algorithm Define Operator Overloading. Define OOPS concepts. Define Inheritance in C++. Questions relating to computer graphics (since i mentioned it in CV). ACID Properties in DBMS, Normalization. Some basic sql. Virtual Memory, Paging segmentation, Thrashing in OS.
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.