Amazon

As a big tech company, Amazon provided excellent technical and administrative onboarding tutorials for interns. The pay is good, with a housing stipend. The offices are good at Seattle HQ, and even better at Bellevue, a neighboring city of Seattle.

Team/project assignments are random. If you get assigned a helpful, caring team and a project that is manageable and allows for good learning, you have a higher chance of getting a return offer and a more pleasant internship experience.

Your mentor dictates a lot of things. You might get assigned a mentor who just doesn't care about your growth and your project, or they are simply incapable or lack the bandwidth to care.

A lot of engineers seem stressed and busy, which makes you wonder if this is a good place to work full time.