I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco in Jan 2021
Interview
You get 3 coding questions that are easy to medium on leetcode. You get ample amount of time to do it. It wasn’t too bad but I didn’t heard back from them so make sure you’re code is efficient.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was one about adding 1 to a string int. I think this was on leetcode.
Standard panel, very simple leetcodes. reverse linked list kind of vibe s . I was literarly asked about how a linked list is structured and reversing it. there was almost no friction which I was shocked by one of the reason I did not accept
They care about your skills, rather than your background. They have a template which they provide and you got to fill that, everyone is provided a unique number. You are instructed not to disclose any of your personal details in the due course of your interview.
The interview process was two rounds. The first round was a behavioral interview. Straightforward questions, like tell me about the most technically challenging project you have worked on. The second round was a system design interview.