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Summary
I applied for a position at Cisco and underwent an Online Assessment followed by two technical rounds. Despite receiving positive feedback, I was ultimately ghosted by the recruiter.
Full Experience
YOE: 4.5
Applied via careers portal.
Got an OA with 5 questions:
2 Easy
2 Medium
1 Hard
Solved: 2 Easy, 1 Medium (partially), 1 Hard.
Got a call from recruiter:
Recruiter mentioned 2 technical rounds followed by a HM round based on performance. Both technical rounds were held on the same day.
Round 1 (1 hour):
- Next Greater Element to Right
- Group Anagrams
Wrapped up in ~40 mins with working code & testcases.
Round 2 (1 hour):
- Reverse Linked List II
Resume & past project discussion.
Again wrapped up in less than 40 mins.
Surprisingly, no system design in either round.
Got positive feedback for both rounds.
After this, recruiter said HM was busy due to year end, so they'll “take it slow” and contact me in 2 weeks. As expected, after 2 weeks: no updates, stopped replying and answering calls.
Interview Questions (3)
I was asked to find the next greater element to the right for each element in an array.
I was asked to group anagrams together from a given list of strings.
I was asked to reverse a linked list from position m to n.