I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco (Reading, England) in Dec 2021
Interview
Final part of the interview, went to the site, 9 interviews of half an hour, half of them were for soft skills, the others were testing the hard skills.
The interviewers were nice. The difficulty was hard, because it went through a lot of knowledge, from hardware to software.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you set a banner on a device from python
I applied online, heard back with in a week, initial recruiter screening, manager interview, technical panel interview, then manager interview again. Technical was a mix of fundamentals and a couple of pretty challenging ones to know off the top your head.
Very casual, unorganised interview. Interviewers talked for the majority and had no idea who I was before the interview i.e. didnt review my CV or experience. Any questions seemed very odd the cuff and unrelated to the job in question.
Very thorough and detailed. Expect in depth questions and be ready with reasonings. I did find it difficult at some points but overall i did prepare well. If you remember your past experiences and concepts you won’t find it that much difficult.