I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Cisco in Jul 2008
Interview
First it was 3 to 4 rounds of technical interview. All the interviewers were asking question on core cisco technologies. the next 2 rounds were with managers which was less technical and more on how to ? kind of questions related to day 2 day work. final round with HR. took around 3-4 months. there was a gap of 20 days between each interview.
I had two technical interviews, one is lab scenario-based and the second purely technical. It was a very lengthy interview, and it took around 2–2.5 hours, but it was great experience..
General written - quiz Group work - task, a lot were screened out at this stage Individual interview - 1st Individual interview - 2nd Individual interview - 3rd (confirmation) more of an hr interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why this company About what you did during your student life
Multiple stages and assessment center, cool experience overall. First interview was a behavioral one with the HR and management, second was a technical one with the engineers, final one was covering the tech presentation we had to prepare for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Troubleshoot a network issue based on the available documentation