I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cisco in Feb 2023
Interview
With the senior software engineer, I solved DFS search coding question during the phone call. I was allowed to ask some questions about the problem or basic functions. Need to explain the way I would solve it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If a customer want to mange large number of datas, what would you recommend them?
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.