u/Flasher1958

So I just found out that in his freetime my boyfriend vibecodes all day, btw he is an environmentalist. And this infuriates me, cause we had spoken about how much it damages the environment. But I also don’t want to spoil his fun cause he looks so happy when he is vibecoding… What should I do?

I was thinking maybe there was a way to have an alternative AI which is more eco-conscious. I'm part of a sub where you can find eco-conscious alternatives but they don’t seem to know too much about AI. Any ideas?

Went through the full Cisco SWE internship process in 2026. Four stages total. Cisco required all candidates to remove name, CGPA, college, and contact details from their resume before submission.

Online Assessment (20 to 30 days before interviews) 40 MCQs across aptitude, Computer Networks, and Operating Systems. Two coding questions. Solved the first, a Trie problem. Did not reach the second. Advanced on MCQ accuracy.

Round 1: Technical Interview Opened directly with project walkthroughs. No introduction due to the anonymous resume policy.

Topics covered:

-REST API types, POST vs PUT, request headers

-Web cache, conditional GET, proxy servers

-LRU cache: implemented live using Doubly Linked List plus unordered set for O(1) lookup

-Mutex, semaphores, deadlock, process vs thread

-Unicast, multicast, broadcast, subnetting, ARP

-Linear regression, vector DB, cosine similarity

Round 2: Managerial Interview Project walkthrough focused on SDLC, team structure, testing, and debugging. Topics also covered: logical vs physical file systems, OS types, NIC, network topologies, OSI model.

Round 3: HR Interview First round where name and college could be disclosed. Three questions: why Cisco, Cisco competitors, location preference.

UPDATE: Cleared all three rounds. Final result pending.

Concrete Takeaway:

-OA performance depends on CN and OS MCQ accuracy.

-Both technical rounds cover projects in depth.

-One group project with a documented SDLC is worth having on the resume.

Happy to answer questions in the comments, will check back regularly.

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Went through the Clay GTM Engineer interview process in 2026. Three stages in total. Sharing the breakdown based on my own experiences.

Round 1: HR Screen (20 mins, phone) Basic fit questions. Why Clay, your GTM background, and whether you have used the platform. Very straightforward.

Round 2: Take-Home Assignment (3 days) Given Friday, expected back Monday. The brief includes a deliverable, a video walkthrough of the deliverable, and a presentation. The scope is intentionally open-ended. Takes anywhere from 20-40 hours.

Round 3: Hiring Manager Interview (video) Walkthrough of your take-home submission. Expect questions on your technical decisions, how you think about GTM workflows, and your familiarity with the Clay platform itself.

Outcome: Rejected after the take-home round. Some candidates told me their submissions were not reviewed before receiving a rejection. No specific feedback provided.

Tips: The take-home is the stage to prepare for most. Deep platform knowledge and a clean, well-reasoned submission matter more than any other part of the process.

Comment for any question.