I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (Toronto, ON) in Sep 2024
Interview
After you apply for the intern position, you will soon receive an assessment link. It has three coding problems: the first two are easy, and the last is tricky. Even easy issues may also meet some test cases that fail. You need to read the questions carefully.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Lucy loves to play the Hop, Skip and Jump game. Given an N*M matrix and starting from cell (1,1), her challenge is to hop in an anti-clockwise direction and skip alternate cells. The goal is to find out the last cell she would hop onto.
Write an algorithm to find the last cell Lucy would hop onto after moving anti-clockwise and skipping alternate cells.
Got sent OA after applying 2-3 leetcode easy-medium questions. First round was a 15 minute resume rundown with 2 engineers and a object oriented style coding question that asked how to parse and filter data outputted from an API call. Second round was a traditional leetcome medium with technical hiring manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Got sent OA after applying 2-3 leetcode easy-medium questions. First round was a 15 minute resume rundown with 2 engineers and a object oriented style coding question that asked how to parse and filter data outputted from an API call. Second round was a traditional leetcome medium with technical hiring manager.
I just had the recruiter screen, the questions asked were basic and if you prepare well enough you don't need to worry. It was only over the phone, no zoom call, so it was a little difficult to establish a connection and therefore felt a little like an interrogation.
I interviewed at Cisco (Research Triangle Park, NC)
Interview
Started with a recruiter screen, basic questions, then OA, then a behavioral and technical (language concepts, sorting algorithms, technical background) with option for virtual and in-person. Received offer a week later.