Software Engineer Intern Review
by Cisco
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Cisco
- 7. Would you recommend Cisco to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Cisco
Overview
I have been given a fairly large software project to work on. This involves daily standup meetings, designing/planning the structure and functionality of the tool, and creating/writing the code for the tool
Skills
This has greatly increased my programming skills as well as taught me new things about how software is developed in a real working environment
Responsibilities
Yes, much of the design and all of the code has been left to me to create. While this is obviously still reviewed by other team members I have been able to create it my way and without micro management
Support & Guidance
A lot. I have a dedicated mentor to guide me and to ask questions as well as a whole team who understand my project and can help with various technicalities I would not have under without them
Culture
The company culture and atmosphere is brilliant and very friendly. Everyone is nice and making friends has been extremely easy. It is a very chilled work environment with no unnecessary pressure
Your Impressions
I have enjoyed my internship immensely. I have learned a lot, gained valuable skills and made great friends.
Yes
Other than being a friendly person and having desirable skills there is not much else to know as Cisco don't have a drawn out and tedious hiring process for interns. I simply submitted my CV and had a few interviews (within the same hour). No secret knowledge required!
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Software Engineering
London
August 2023
