Technical Intern Site Reliability Engineering Review
at Cisco
Placement (10 Months+)
Information Technology, Software Engineering
Feltham
Review Submitted: July 2024
Overall Rating
5 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
The role is very varied, you could be doing some physical work racking and stacking network hardware one day, and the next day you could be using python automation to login to 1000's of devices to search for something that you want to remove from the network. You could be tracing cables one day and the next day liaising with different teams to move a project along. No two days are exactly the same.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
You are given far more responsibility than you would probably first think in an intern role. You will be trusted to do things and then given a long leash to go and figure out how to do them. Ultimately its up to you to go and work out the best way to action the work you've been given, you are provided with guidance throughout.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
I have learnt a lot or honed lots of technical skills such as Network Engineering, Python, Linux, and more. My soft skills were also developed during the internship as you are consistently pushed to improve.
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
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Massive amounts, you are part of a large team and can reach out to anyone for help, you're close team members always have your back and your manager and PO's are extremely helpful.
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
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Company culture is sublime, the office is a very relaxed atmosphere with great banter. People go out after work or on weekends often together and there are different events every few months, some of which work will pay for such as team connect events or events for new hires.
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?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Probably the best year of my life, despite working really hard for most of it, had a massive amount of fun too.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Cisco
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Cisco to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Cisco
1. Make sure your CV is pristine, free from errors and your technical skills are somewhere easily seen at a quick glance when first viewing. You don't need to have everything the job description is asking for but you do need to show at least a level of competency or interest in some.
2. Prepare for your interviews, you can go on Youtube and look for 'CareerVidz' channel and use that to prepare for the more soft skill/HR type questions. As for the technical questions you just need to have put the work in during university to pass those.
3. If you make it to the interview stage and get asked a question you don't know the answer too, just say you don't know but you'll look it up and get back to them. Don't waffle and try come up with something.
4. Just be yourself honestly, the technical requirements for an Intern aren't that high but they are looking for the right 'fit', Cisco is more about hiring the right person not the most technical person.
2. Prepare for your interviews, you can go on Youtube and look for 'CareerVidz' channel and use that to prepare for the more soft skill/HR type questions. As for the technical questions you just need to have put the work in during university to pass those.
3. If you make it to the interview stage and get asked a question you don't know the answer too, just say you don't know but you'll look it up and get back to them. Don't waffle and try come up with something.
4. Just be yourself honestly, the technical requirements for an Intern aren't that high but they are looking for the right 'fit', Cisco is more about hiring the right person not the most technical person.
