In the first round, there was one coding question and around 25-30 MCQs. The first round was conducted online via Hackerrank and was mostly concentrated on basics or fundamentals.
In our college, they shortlisted a few candidates for the next round. Of those, some did all the MCQs correctly, some did only the coding question, and some did both. However, I would advise attending to both sections. MCQs can be mastered using strong fundamentals, and for coding, you need practice.
This process was conducted through my college, and they offered two job roles: Software Engineer and Consulting Engineer.
This was conducted in August.
I was not selected for the next round. However, I heard from my friends that there were two technical rounds, one MR round, and one HR round conducted in a single day.
Overall, the experience was very good, and my friends shared the same opinion.
Their questions were mostly on the main subjects of CS and IS branches, like OS, ST, DBMS, and Networks. There were two questions on Machine Learning too.
I remember very few, as I didn't concentrate more on MCQs. Topics related to semaphores and some data structures related questions were also asked.
Basically, all questions were on subjects that were taught, and all were related to the fundamentals of those.
The following metrics were computed from 378 interview experiences for the Cisco Software Engineer role in India.
Cisco's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in India is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Cisco's Software Engineer interview process in India.