I applied online. I interviewed at Cisco (Portland, OR)
Interview
I went through a 45 minute phone interview, and then a 2.5 hour on-site interview. The phone interview consisted mostly of resume and background related questions, and a few very basic Object Oriented Programming questions.
The on-site interview was conducted by 5 people in 3 different sessions. They started asking more technical questions here like reviewing snippets of code for improvements or errors, asking about more detail about my knowledge of the languages on my resume, and some brain teasers.
Overall they were friendly and encouraging.
Standard panel, very simple leetcodes. reverse linked list kind of vibe s . I was literarly asked about how a linked list is structured and reversing it. there was almost no friction which I was shocked by one of the reason I did not accept
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.