Intro to Software Engineering

Build a dashboard to streamline processes for Cisco's field technicians as part of Cisco's Software Engineering team

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Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 3-4 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Cisco. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 3-4 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Cisco. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Why complete our Job Simulation

A risk-free way to experience work on the job with us at Cisco. Practice your skills with example tasks and build your confidence to ace your applications.

Self-paced3-4 hoursNo gradesNo assessmentsintermediate

The Cisco Intro to Software Engineering program is designed to help you build your technical programming skills, which will be useful for your career and to talk about during job interviews.

During this program, you will develop a better understanding of how Cisco employees approach problems, organize and prioritize, and communicate clearly and professionally - and learn how to apply these critical skills to your very own projects.

“From purposeful work that makes a global impact and gives back to a company culture that empowers an inclusive future for all where employees can ‘be you, with us’ – Cisconians have a lot to be proud of!”

Skills you will learn and practice:

React Skills

npm Skills

Git Skills

Design Thinking

Networking

WebSocket Protocol

Communication

OBS Studio

How it works

Complete tasks guided by pre-recorded videos and example answers from our team at Cisco. No live sessions, all self-paced.

Earn a certificate and add it to your resume and LinkedIn as an extra curricular activity.

Stand out in applications. Confidently answer interview questions and explain why you’re a good fit for our team.

Introduction from Cisco

Tasks in this program

Task One: Project Initialization

30-60 mins

Intermediate

Set up your local development environment to prepare for work.

What you'll learn

About your proejct - Cisco is developing a network dashboard called Sextant, a locally hosted single-page application meant to assist field technicians in their day-to-day.
How to set up a React application served locally on your machine

What you'll do

Fork and clone a starter repo
Install Node

Reviews

Over 1600

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"The program was very awesome. I have to take some react tutorials from coursera before proceeding to finish up this task"-- Student from Kwara State University

"https://www.theforage.com/virtual-experience/kinDTvjiZRcYbwqLo/cisco/intro-to-software-engineering/project-initialization"-- Student

"I Loved the fact that i was able to work on a real time mvp project , i never worked with websockets before and this program taught me a lot."-- Student from Lead City University of Ibadan

"I like the virtual internship about the software engineering collaborated with Cisco and I improved my skills with Cisco"-- Student from My institution is not listed

"This program has let me work on my frontend skills and got the chance to learn new things. Thankyou CISCO"-- Student from Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication

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