Firstly, there was an MCQ round that was full of aptitude and technical questions. There were a total of 50 MCQs that were supposed to be completed in 60 minutes.

After that, there were 4 rounds.

Round 1:

1. Tell me about yourself.
2. Reversing a singly linked list.
3. Check whether the given array of elements is a heap or not.
4. Write test cases for both questions and explain how you go about generating test cases.

Round 2:

1. Storage classes in C. Where do you use them?
2. The volatile keyword and its usage in C and Java.
3. What does static do for a static variable and a static function?
4. Write a recursive function to print numbers from 1 to 100, with the parameter passed being 100, using recursion. Explain the recursive stack.
5. Explain what happens when an interrupt occurs. Also, explain the various layers and events involved when a process context switch occurs.

Note: All the above questions were not directly asked. They were asked based on different scenarios (except for the recursion stack question).

Round 3:

1. What is the best example that one can use to explain the concept of networking to a layman?
2. Why Cisco?
3. What is your field of interest?
4. What designation do you prefer?
5. Questions about things in my resume.
6. Questions about projects.
7. What other company interviews did you attend? Why did you fail to be selected?

Round 4:

1. Tell me about your most difficult obstacle in life and how you overcame it. What preparations did you make?
2. Areas of interest.
3. Where do you prefer to be placed? (Had the option to be placed in Bangalore/Pune).

Result: Did not get placed as a Software Engineer in Cisco.