I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cisco in May 2014
Interview
3 technical coding rounds..mostly all coding related questions...last round was with Manager in that they have asked about networking protocol stuff..
Questions were mostly Linked list implementation, bit manipulation based questions
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco
Interview
Campus hiring in 2013. Initial written test and then 2 rounds of technical and 1 HR. Not sure about current trends. They came for software engineer profile only. No hardware, IT or AS.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
OS related questions. OSI model. Networking basics. Memory allocation. HR was simple. Why you want to join etc.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cisco (Fulton, MD) in Nov 2017
Interview
I received an email from a recruiter at Cisco who arranged half an hour interview with the hiring manager. Manager asked about my experience and tried to gauge my knowledge in relevant field. The same day I was asked to set up an on-site interview.
There were five one to one interviews and three of them were technical. Questions were simple and I managed to answer pretty much all of them.
I followed up with recruiter many times but never got any reply. Then finally after 2 months recruiter rejected me.