I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cisco in Mar 2022
Interview
the opening was for C/Python developer 1-2 year exp
there were 3 tech interview rounds. They will prefer you to work in C basically project is on embedded. you should know the languages they will tell you to code in online compiler.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Total 3 Technical interview after clearing Hackerank test
Python: interview questions, trees, linked list, string , Adv concepts of Pythons
C: Basics
OS: Memory allocation in c
Basics of Networking
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
Had 3 rounds.
First was the coding test involving 3 questions wrt data structures and algorithms
interview with a software engineer with live coding about algorithms and data structures.
interview with a network engineer about network models and network policies in each layer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Algorithms and data structures based
Network policies and network models
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Waterloo, ON) in Mar 2022
Interview
A manager saw me resume at a virtual Job Fair and recommended me for the position.
A week or so later, I had a video call interview for one hour with one interviewer. She asked me simple questions about threading and operating systems. Also gave me a coding question, a simple one involving something to do with linked lists. I forgot, but it was simple
Then I got called for second interview, video call for 3 hours, 1 hour - technical, 2 interviewers, 1 hour - technical, 2 interviewers, ~1 hour - Manager, 1 interviewer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) Write a program to print a NxN dimensional array in spiral order, starting from indices 0,0 and ending at N/2, N/2
2) Write a program to reverse a linked list
3) Write a program to insert an element in a sorted linked list
4) Write a program to delete an element from a linked list
5) Dry run a simple C program using cstrings and pointers (turns out [] operator has higher precedence than & operator)
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Behavioural:
1) Describe a challenging, uncertain experience where you achieved something
2) Asked about my grades
3) Asked about prior job experience
4) Asked whether I had any other interviews
5) Asked if I had any questions about the company/role