I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cisco (Vancouver, BC) in Jan 2020
Interview
Applied online for the position. Got a phone call from a hiring manager, spoke about my current role and what his team does, around 30 minutes. Then got invited for on site interview, there were 4 interviews of 1 hour each. Most of them non technical , I had to tell again and again about my current role , 4 times. The questions that i was asked were quite easy. Never heard again from them, had to logjn to cisco website and see that they won't consider me for this position, too bad I didn't got a call or at least an email, after investing 4 hours that's the minimum they could do.
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.