Associate Intern (Start ASAP)

About McKinsey & Company 

McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm, advising on strategic management to corporations, governments, and other organizations. The company provides expertise on a wide range of issues including strategy, operations, technology, organization, and mergers and acquisitions.

Your role

Who you'll work with:

You will join one of McKinsey's offices around the world for 8-10 weeks, usually in the summer, to work in teams and directly with its clients.

In this role, you will help clients in the private, public, and social sectors solve some of their most pressing problems. You will also work with a range of experts in the firm, from data scientists to researchers to software and app designers.

What you'll do:

You’ll work in teams of typically 3 – 5 consultants, to identify, and oftentimes implement, potential solutions for a specific client problem or challenge. Together, you will help clients make lasting improvements to their performance and realize their most important goals.

Throughout each project, you will gather and analyze information, formulate and test hypotheses, and develop and communicate recommendations. You'll also present results to client management and implement recommendations in collaboration with client team members. In some cases, you will be asked to travel to your client site.

Training & development

You’ll work in teams of typically 3 – 5 consultants, to identify, and oftentimes implement, potential solutions for a specific client problem or challenge. Together, you will help clients make lasting improvements to their performance and realize their most important goals.

Benefits

If you join as a full-time employee after an internship at McKinsey, you will enjoy the following benefits which may vary by region:

• Personal health and well-being programs
• Wellbeing initiatives and connectivity events
• Paid time off
• Family support programs
• Generous maternity and paternity leaves
• Life and business travel accident insurance
• Learning programs
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible working models
• Modern office spaces 

Career progression

McKinsey believes in strengths-based development and coaching, and you’ll receive frequent mentoring from colleagues. This will include a senior colleague from your office or practice who will help you grow and achieve your career goals. Additionally, you will have a professional development manager who manages staffing to help you choose projects based on your priorities as well as the needs of client service teams.

Work-life balance

Striking the right work-life balance is important to sustaining a long-term consulting career, so the weekends are guarded and it is rare to work on the weekend unless you are traveling internationally.

Culture & vibe

When you join McKinsey, you will be part of a caring meritocracy. You will have a community of kind, humble, intelligent, and distinctive colleagues supporting your journey. Diversity and inclusion aren’t departments, efforts, or projects. They’re how McKinsey lives, respects, and is a fundamental aspect of its success.

About you

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree; Advanced graduate degree in progress (e.g., MBA, PhD, etc.)
• Academic degree requirements may vary by country
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization
• Capability to drive an independent workstream in the context of a broader team project
• Comfort with ambiguous, ever-changing situations
• Ability to break down and solve problems through quantitative thinking and analysis 
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in English and local office language(s)

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• mckinsey.com/frequently-asked-questions/careers
• mckinsey.com/careers/meet-our-people
• mckinsey.com/careers/internal-roles/life-at-McKinsey
• youtube.com/@McKinsey