Software Engineer Intern Review

by Cisco

Rating

4.8/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • 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

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing 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

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • 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

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • 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

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • 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

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I have enjoyed my internship immensely. I have learned a lot, gained valuable skills and made great friends.

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 5/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Cisco

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Cisco to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Cisco

    • 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!

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Software Engineering

London

August 2023

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