I applied in-person. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Oct 2015
Interview
I got a call from Cisco HR for this interview. There was totally 4 rounds: 2 Telephonic(very tough), 1 face to face and 1 HR round. Face to face round was more on logical thinking, real time problem solving, code optimization etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked more questions from resume. But last round was totally different. Last round was on white board. More on the code optimization, real time problem solving etc.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Aug 2014
Interview
got a call after my resume was chosen from a pile of resumes. got a call to reserve a time and date for an interview. the shortlisting was heavily scrutinized but interview was relatively easy. interview was conducted by 2 enginners. they were old and seemed unhappy working for cisco. they told me they now they dont pay as good as they used to pay,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
long string submatch problem? code it in any language. questions related to threads, mutexs, etc
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Dec 2011
Interview
The inteview was hard and detailed. I had 9 interviews in a day and they covered the details of all the work I had done previously. It was a tiring and a pleasant experience at the same time.