I was contacted by a recruiter and, after a short screening, was invited for a formal phone interview with the potential manager and a colleague a few days later. I called in at the specified time and had a pleasant conversation with my future teammates for about 30 minutes. We mostly discussed the product and specifics of the position I was being considered for.

I was invited for an onsite interview a day later. I was greeted by the recruiter and teammates and escorted to a conference room for discussion. The questions mostly touched on my software background, interest in ML, and relevant academic work.

I had a very good impression of the team and the Cisco campus. I received an offer a week later.

How regularization is used and what types of regularization you are familiar with.

How RNN works.

In a few sentences, describe backpropagation.