Amazon

They practice what they preach. All the employees I worked with integrated the company's leadership principles in nearly every decision they made, no matter how small it was. It's been amazing to see how effective these principles are.

Excellent choice of projects for interns. It may vary from team to team, but the work you do typically isn't throwaway and is part of your team's business.

The people are all driven and dedicated to the success of the team, as well as the success of their interns. Through both words and actions, my mentors made time to provide me with feedback even when their workload rose.

People are open to meeting each other, talking about what they do, and exchanging ideas. The management team is driven and dedicated to helping their employees learn, improve, and grow.

• Working from home made it tough to manage work-life balance at times.

• You don't have a representative from HR that you're in constant contact with, which can feel a bit isolating, especially when working from home. Instead, they do have a single HR mailing list that you can reach out to, and the appropriate employee responds. To be fair, they do a phenomenal job of replying in a timely manner and relaying information.