Marketing Specialist Intern Review

Item: Marketing Specialist Intern at Cisco
Rating: 4.7
Author: Anonymous

at Cisco

Internship (1 Month+)

Marketing

London

Review Submitted: September 2024

Overall Rating

4.7 /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 - Overview of Role

4.3/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

As a marketing intern, I worked on researching our top UK accounts using LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Salesforce, building in depth profiles to help targeted marketing strategies.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

As an intern I was given a good amount of responsibility. Knowing my individual work would have an impact definitely encouraged me to work hard and do the best I could. We were also completely responsible for our readout project which benefitted my project management skills.

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 improved many skills such as project management, communication and collaboration, critical thinking and analysis.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

4/5

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?

4/5

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

4/5

Support and Guidance

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

I received a good amount of support from the program team and my managers. If I had a question normally whoever I reached out to would genuinely try to help.

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

4/5

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?

Everyone was super friendly and inclusive. I definitely felt there was a warm and welcoming culture with pretty much every person I connected with.

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?

Overall, I couldn’t have asked for a better internship experience. I got a variety of opportunities to learn and develop my skills and definitely improved a lot by the end of it. I also met great people and had the privilege of taking part in some amazing activities and events throughout.