I applied through a Cisco job fair and received an over-the-phone interview after one week. The questions were all in C programming. The interviewer asked me to do some bit operations:
Given a sorted array with duplicate numbers, print the numbers only once in an efficient way.
Most of them were reasonable and easy questions.
The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Cisco Software Developer role in Ottawa, Ontario.
Cisco's interview process for their Software Developer roles in Ottawa, Ontario is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Cisco's Software Developer interview process in Ottawa, Ontario.