I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cisco (Bengaluru) in Feb 2026
Interview
Three rounds were planned, as stated by the recruiter they were:
1. System design
2. Programming language assessment
3. Tech / behavioural round
Rounds were of knock-off in nature. I can only offer details about first round. Interviewer was polite and very approachable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Unlike what was told, the first round had a Java multi threaded problem to be solved - which happened to be of the bounded buffer producer consumer type. As per the question candidate had to design a executor service similar to what is in Java. After solution reached some level, I was asked to take help from any AI assistant.