I applied through university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Cisco in Jan 2013
Interview
A guy from the company e-mailed me and we set up a short phone interview. He was nice, and he told me a lot about the project I might be working with him on if I decided to join. Then, he wanted to ask me a few (Java-related) questions to make sure I was technically sound:
- What is encapsulation?
- What's the difference between a HashSet and HashMap?
Possibly a few more, but all I remember happening next was he found out I was a first-year student still (he said he wanted a third or fourth year on the phone, but that wasn't apparent when I was applying, and I guess I had a pretty good resume), and we realized we had wasted about half an hour talking to each other.
Got sent OA after applying 2-3 leetcode easy-medium questions. First round was a 15 minute resume rundown with 2 engineers and a object oriented style coding question that asked how to parse and filter data outputted from an API call. Second round was a traditional leetcome medium with technical hiring manager.
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Question 1
Got sent OA after applying 2-3 leetcode easy-medium questions. First round was a 15 minute resume rundown with 2 engineers and a object oriented style coding question that asked how to parse and filter data outputted from an API call. Second round was a traditional leetcome medium with technical hiring manager.
I just had the recruiter screen, the questions asked were basic and if you prepare well enough you don't need to worry. It was only over the phone, no zoom call, so it was a little difficult to establish a connection and therefore felt a little like an interrogation.
I interviewed at Cisco (Research Triangle Park, NC)
Interview
Started with a recruiter screen, basic questions, then OA, then a behavioral and technical (language concepts, sorting algorithms, technical background) with option for virtual and in-person. Received offer a week later.