I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco in Jul 2012
Interview
there were four stages.first was aptitude and technical written exam which had 20 aptitude questions and 30 technical questions to be completed in 1 hour.then it was technical interview for 80-90 mins mostly on networking and i had HR interview for about 25 mins
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
why cisco and where do you find yourself after 5 years
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.
3 technical rounds of 35-45 mins each for a 5 years experience JS fullstack.
1. Project currently working on + design patterns employed and resume based questions in details to check the depth.
2. System design interview - asked me to mention an approach to design a microservice for retail client. Followed up by questions on why I've chosen a particular tech stack and questions on how to tackle certain situations in real word on such services (inventory + payments etc).
3. DS based test - question was bit easy.