Introducing the McKinsey Sophomore Diversity Leaders Internship
McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm, deeply committed to helping institutions in the private, public and social sectors achieve lasting success. For over eight decades, our primary objective has been to serve as our clients’ most trusted external advisor. With consultants in more than 100 offices in 60 countries, we bring unparalleled expertise to clients anywhere in the world. We work closely with teams at all levels of an organization to shape direction, mobilize for long-term transformation, build capabilities and support execution.
We are also committed to building the leaders of tomorrow. As part of that commitment, we are proud to offer a Diversity Sophomore Internship program. This program, which is part of our Firm-wide effort to attract top diversity talent, joins our strong network of existing programs to serve Black Client Service Staff (BCSS) and Hispanic/Latino Client Service Staff (HLCSS).
Program Overview
Our SDLI program will provide a highly select group of Black and/or Hispanic/Latino undergraduate students first-hand experience with consulting at McKinsey & Company. Candidates who are currently college sophomores at U.S. universities are eligible to apply. As part of this unique program, Diversity Sophomore Interns will have the opportunity to:
- Work in one of the following offices for 10 weeks: Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco or Washington, D.C. office
- Rotate through experiences designed to give interns real-world experience with the broad range of work McKinsey consultants do, including serving clients as well as helping to build McKinsey’s internal knowledge and capabilities
- Build critical new skills within a training program specifically designed for the Diversity Sophomore Internship program
- Participate in a number of social activities throughout the summer to help them get to know our Firm culture, interact with other summer interns, as well as members of our BCSS & HLCSS communities.
At the end of the summer, successful interns will receive an offer to join us as a Summer Business Analyst for the following summer between their junior and senior years.
Ideal candidates should possess the following attributes:
- Sophomores who plan to graduate in the spring of 2017
- Strong commitment to excellence and personal and professional growth
- Outstanding academic performance and an aptitude for analytics
- Initiative-taking and leadership skills in a work setting and/or extracurricular activities
- Resourceful, intellectually curious, empathetic, poised, high energy and mature
- Genuine interest in business and find problem solving exhilarating
- Enjoy working in teams
Event
To RSVP for the networking session, please reply to meegan_bluman@mckinsey.com
- Join us for small group coffee chats at The AfAm House, Founders Room on Tuesday, October 28th from 9:00am - 12:00pm ET
To RSVP for the session, please visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MKCBZH9
Instructions for Applying
Interested applicants should apply online at www.mckinsey.com/sdli by Sunday, November 9 at 11:59pm ET.