The interview was conducted at cisco Bangalore.
It had 5 rounds.
1st round was aptitude round having 50 ques. 20 apti and 30 tech( c input output and cs related)
Then there were 2 tech round mainly from the things you have mentioned in resume , details about project. A simple coding questions , few dbms ques and few puzzles.
4th round was managerial round and all formal questions were asked here like why cisco, how can you contribute to cisco etc.
Last round was hr. Small and simple.
Got offer letter in 3 days.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
I was hired through campus recruitment. Discussion about resume and projects. Some questions on programming. Two puzzles questions. Manager Round and finally Hr. Gold Bar Puzzle Question. It was a nice experience and the interview was not very tough.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Jul 2015
Interview
the technical interview is mostly based on the projects that you have done. detailed questions are asked regarding the implementational details of your projects. general questions related to various fields like software engineering, testing, DBMS, data structures, networking and internet programming. the interview process is very comforting and the interviewers do encourage you to answer the questions, ease your nervousness.
the technical round was roughly 45 minutes. after the technical round, there was the managerial round. it was a mixture of technical round as well as some situations being given, you have to come up with an answer and justify your choice.
after the managerial round, there is the HR round. the HR round is merely a formality. if you have a good attitude towards the work and company, and all the details provided by you are correct, you wont be rejected in this round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
one coding question tht i was asked other than the questions related to projects was to come up with a code that would input a string and print only those characters that comes first in tht string.(eg,. input- curriculum, output-curilm). the condition was that you cannot use any loops in the entire program.