I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco in Aug 2020
Interview
The interview was conducted on Webex platform (Grace of 2020). The software was not working properly for me, the video and screen share kept turning off periodically during the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to code a few short simple C programming questions (Did not require much knowledge of DSA). The theoretical questions included knowledge of OS and computer networks.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco in Nov 2020
Interview
The interview started as per schedule.
The interviewers were very supportive.
The applications used were sophisticated and reliable.
The Overall process was transparent.
They made frequent adjustments to accommodate everyone.
Coordinators were quick to reply and very punctual.
coding challenge (not too hard), then a recruiter called me to discuss what teams I was interested in interviewing with. Recruiter said I'd hear from them in 2 weeks and literally never heard from them again it's been 2 months!!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
coding exam had a word search question (but only vertical and horizontal word search) and some checkerboard question