I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco in Mar 2010
Interview
I went through 2 rounds of interviews. The first interview was on campus and had two local employees interview me with traditional behavioral interview questions. (Tell me about a time when...).
The second interview was with a senior manager and to be held on the phone. Unfortunately the guy did not show up for the call. I contacted the recruiter / HR rep to see what had happened, and they rescheduled me for another time, with sincere apologies. The same senior manager interviewed me in the second scheduled call with similar behavioral questions, but never apologized for not showing the first time or even mentioned the rescheduling to any degree.
Overall, I really liked the company. It did come across as though they were either no organized, or the senior manager had better things to do than interview candidates.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Given your past experience, have ever had to work with a very difficult person? For example, what would you do if someone got angry at you?
It was nice, informative. One should prepare using all resources. They will judge your understanding based on everything that you ever demonstrated in the process, so be aware of everything you said or mentioned.
It was basically deep dive into resume and some questions on Dsa. The overall experience was good. There were 4 rounds in total. Be familiar with basics of the language that you primarily use.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru)
Interview
3 rounds. 2 tech and 1 HR. The tech rounds lasted 1 hr 15 means each. HR was just formality for me though some had proper HR rounds. They wanna see how you work out solns with them over the actual one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They were curious on knowing why did you do your projects over what you did.