I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
Initial phone interview lasted for an hour. Interview was based on webex. Questions involved basic networking and programming related like convert hton to ntoh
Was called onsite. Had 5 rounds total. First round was about simple C programming - find the mistake in the code type questions. Second and third rounds went into trees, graphs, and core OS and networking.
Fourth round was all about networking. Was made to write a socket program and then to implement a load balancer using pthreads. I didnt remember the exact apis but wrote the pseudocode
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.