I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
This was many years ago when the economy was different. Most of the interviews were with people I already knew in the industry and I was pretty sure I had the job before walking in the door. At the time, I already had a job when I got a call from an industry peer asking if I was interested in a position. When I came in, there were four interviews arranged, three with people that knew me and one with a future team member whom I'd never met. It was a walk in the park.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco in Oct 2011
Interview
I met Cisco recruiters at the job fair at my university. After looking at my computer science qualifications, they immediately scheduled me for an interview for later in the week. Two people conducted the interview, and I was alone in the room. They asked questions such as "What are your goals in the internship" "What is your ideal workplace?" and "Please tell us more about the programming projects that you mention on your resume." Overall they were friendly and curious about me.
Afterwards, they said that my resume would be sent off to HR for further review, and that I would receive an email or phone call giving me more information. Within 2-3 weeks, I was notified by email that I was not offered a position.
In all, I'm not surprised because although I'm fairly skilled in high level coding languages and web development, my prior experience was pretty weak.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do in a situation when one of your coworkers is not doing his work?