I applied through college/university. The first round was an aptitude round. I got shortlisted and was called to their company to attend a face-to-face technical round. The first round was excellent; the interviewers were impressed with my answers. They asked basic coding questions on stacks and linked lists, and a few other basic networking questions. They mentioned that I was selected and asked me to wait for the HR round. While I was waiting for HR to call me, after two hours, I was asked to attend another technical round, which was a bit tricky and was a pressure interview. I managed to answer the questions well asked by the interviewer, and later he too said I was selected and asked me to wait for the HR round.

Although my resume was sent to HR first, she called all the other selected students before me. I was worried why my name hadn't been called yet. Finally, I was the last person waiting to attend the HR round. By then, one of the HR coordinators said the job positions had been filled and asked me to leave.

This was a terrible experience I had at Cisco, where, despite clearing all rounds well, I wasn't given a chance to attend the HR round. I believe they blindly select students based on academic scores, but I don't understand why they send interview call letters to students in the first place if they don't consider candidate skills and give more importance to academic scores.

I tried to contact HR after a week, and there's been no response yet. I am disappointed with the overall experience.

Questions on linked list, stack, and a few other questions on academic subjects.