Acquiring a position in NIH's Internship Program is generally not difficult. Why intern at NIH? Employees are happy at NIH and rate their office perks as good. It’s summer, interning should not be only a learning experience, but also an enjoyable one. NIH employees say they’re very bored at work.
Internships are the beginnings of one’s professional development; so working at a company with strong professional development is beneficial. Overall, employees at NIH rate their professional development a C-, ranking them in the Bottom 30% of similar sized companies on Comparably.