They really try and find you a place you're interested in. You get what you make of it: You can make a serious contribution if you work for it (and land in the right team). They don't pressure you; they know you're still a student and don't even expect their full-time new hires to be productive at all during the amount of time you're working. They do give you opportunities; all the interns in my department presented work to a VP. They hold lots of events for you. They give you a housing stipend if you're coming out of state. Pairs you with mentor(s). Decent compensation.
They are trying to change this, but it's definitely a culture for older people.
It's huge, so there's an aspect of luck to it, but your team may be out of the office most of the time.
Cisco will lay off entire departments at a time. Some interns lost their entire team halfway through and had to be reassigned (this was not only my summer).
Traditional office environment. Again, depends on the team, but in most cases: cubes, cubes everywhere.
Applied through school, accepted for a first round interview. Interview was mostly behavioral questions and questions about projects I had done with a few simpler math questions. Overall, nothing too difficult.
I met a recruiter at Grace Hopper. I had a mostly non-technical interview where they asked me about my skills and experience on my resume. (This was for the summer between sophomore and junior year.) I then applied online and was accepted without a
It was fairly good and well organized. The team was very friendly and interactive. The interview process was smooth and finished the process in a week.
Applied through school, accepted for a first round interview. Interview was mostly behavioral questions and questions about projects I had done with a few simpler math questions. Overall, nothing too difficult.
I met a recruiter at Grace Hopper. I had a mostly non-technical interview where they asked me about my skills and experience on my resume. (This was for the summer between sophomore and junior year.) I then applied online and was accepted without a
It was fairly good and well organized. The team was very friendly and interactive. The interview process was smooth and finished the process in a week.