However, this does not hold true in Silicon Valley.

The top tier companies in U.S. have fierce competition amongst them to acquire the very best young engineering talent.

Not only this, internships are highly-prized too.

The top 15 tech companies that pay interns the most

You get only or minimum wage salaries here and no expenses.

The list ranks the best highest-paying internships in order of the top to the last.

The salaries provided below are all for internships based in the US.

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My mentor cared about me, my team cared about me, the other interns cared about me …

Along similar lines, the food is, of course, really excellent.

Pinterest: $8,125/month (6,500)

A former employee said:

Exciting technologies and vibrant culture.

Very dedicated to keeping employees happy and inspired.

Interns were treated really well.

Great efforts in increasing diversity.

The teams I worked with were very pleasant and eager to help.

They even have an internal incubator and hackathons that allow you to build in any ay imaginable.

The CEO Jeff Weiner is truly inspirational.

NEC Labs America: $7,400/month (5,900)

Great place to do your own thing.

The people are very friendly and extremely intelligent.

Some groups are completely rudderless, and work is very silo-ed.

Walmart eCommerce: $7,219/month (5,800)

Great engineers and scientists working in Walmart Labs.

Everyone who works there is very friendly.

Good sense of mission.

Willingness to take risks and try new things.

Interns get to work on great projects and the internship program is clearly a high priority for the company.

The problems we solved were interesting, and our final product felt like it had purpose.

Nest: $6,773/month (5,400)

Really smart engineers.

People are very invested in the product and the mission of the company …

Being tied to Google adds a lot of pressure in areas like finance and profitability.

Lots of cut backs while I was there, doesnt seem to be a great relationship between the companies.

They have weekly all-hands meetings with Travis fielding questions.

This is somewhat unique compared to other companies of the same size.

The culture is strong with the best ideas winning.

Also, you do not know much about what your role entails until you actually arrive.

Google is can be very secretive.

Yahoo: $6,333/month (5,100)

The pay and benefits are promising.

Lots of fun activities during my internship.

A must-mention: the foods are really good!

13.Twitter: $6,333/month (5,100)

The interns are usually well-programmed.

From the day one you might be on top of your project.

I interned at Google Inc before and comparing to my previous experiment Twitter was awesome.

The company is mid-size so you have place to grow.

Source:Business Insider

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