Machine Learning and Software Intern Review
at Cisco
Internship (1 Month+)
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Analysis, Software Engineering
London, UK
Review Submitted: October 2025
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.
Daily meeting- discussing main tasks results
Occasionally joined in to other project meetings
Occasionally large meetings about project
Focused amounts of work
9-5:30 ish time schedule.
Occasionally joined in to other project meetings
Occasionally large meetings about project
Focused amounts of work
9-5:30 ish time schedule.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Not overload but sufficient to push me and extract the best out of me. It meant the end result was something I was proud of
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?
Lots of Machine Learning skills, coding practices, methods of communication and organisation, and organisational method to maintain structure and integrity
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?
A lot the entire team was lovely
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?
Very friendly. However, not too relaxed - a perfect balance. They were super understanding about time constraints and enforcing healthy lifestyle. Also challenged design decisions in a healthy way to teach us how to make polished products
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?
I definitely thoroughly enjoyed it.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Cisco to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Cisco
For machine learning it’s brilliant but a larger company so will have slight waiting times in larger projects if interacting with multiple teams
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Cisco
5/5
Did you receive an offer to return as a graduate?
Waiting to hear
