I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Jul 2024
Interview
Got the opportunity through CISCO Ideathon 2024
Round 1- OA mcqs and 1 coding question
Round 2 - Technical Interview: Cross questions on presentation, Resume discussion,theoretical concepts of DSA, basics of JAVA and C++ and discussion on networking. Over all interview was easy-medium level.
Round 3- Managerial round-Resume discussion, then question like tell me about a time when----? and heavy situational questions.
Round 4- ETR connect/ HR round- Basic 10 min discussion with HR having questions like are you available for relocation and are you available for internship of 6 month starting from January .
Result- Not selected due to hiring freeze in Cisco this years.
3 Rounds and started with Technical which included DSA, Development, OS, Networking, DBMS, Resume: Projects questions
Next was Managerial which had Networking, Resume, Situation based questions
Last was HR which included questions on Technical Expertise, Questions about company
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Raleigh, NC) in Jun 2022
Interview
The interviewing process was extremely fair and laid back. First interview was more of an intro call where there were some technical questions asked but not many. The second interview was a more technical interview and the third was with the hiring manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
BGP/MPLS/OSPF questions were the main portion of the technical interview.