I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in May 2010
Interview
Got a phone interview in May, and was interviewed by the hiring manager on topics ranging from networking to Operating systems. He called me the next day to set up an onsite at . The onsite was an exhausting experience.4 hrs with 5 interviewers. Had to wait for a month before any sort of reply from them after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Just the usual on data structures and Operating Systems
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.
3 technical rounds of 35-45 mins each for a 5 years experience JS fullstack.
1. Project currently working on + design patterns employed and resume based questions in details to check the depth.
2. System design interview - asked me to mention an approach to design a microservice for retail client. Followed up by questions on why I've chosen a particular tech stack and questions on how to tackle certain situations in real word on such services (inventory + payments etc).
3. DS based test - question was bit easy.