Cisco

Fewer rounds of technical interviews, but they are a bit difficult to clear. They mostly test your analytical and debugging skills. There will be a written test for technical roles, even if you have several years of experience.

Three technical rounds. First round is a written test. Second round is data structures, algorithms with two panels. Third round is more of deep C++ questions like threading, bitwise, and Linux. Last is a managerial round.

The interview process was pretty smooth. I had a phone interview with the hiring manager and a team member, followed by an onsite interview with members of the team. Everyone maintained a very pleasant attitude. The discussions focused on past proj