I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2016
Interview
Applied through college and was scheduled for face to face at school itself. Interviewer was friendly and asked about current projects. I thought it went well bud didn't hear back from them. They were majorly focusing for JAVA developers and I'm more into .net and web technologies which might be the reason for rejection.
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.