Economics Research Intern – MGI 

McKinsey Job: https://www.mckinsey.com/careers/search-jobs/jobs/capabilitiesinsightsintern-economicsresearch-91367 

Who You’ll Work With

You’ll join our San Jose office for one year as part of our Client Capabilities Network for the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI).  

Colleagues in our global Client Capabilities Network deliver distinctive client impact through assets and expertise and are driven by a culture of innovation.

McKinsey & Company established MGI in 1990 as its independent, internal economics research arm. Its mission is two-fold: to achieve breakthrough microeconomic understanding of the most important global macroeconomic issues today, and to generate insights that materially impact the decisions of both corporate leaders and policymakers.

This internship position is a 12-month full-time opportunity for students or new professionals looking to take the next step in their professional development.

Your impact within our firm

You will work closely with our analysts, experts and client service teams by collecting, preparing and deploying economics-focused data analytics.  

In this role, you will work along three crucial axes which includes understanding, executing and presenting results from economics research and information for the needs of McKinsey’s global pool of management consultants.

You will support economics data collection and research for expert-led assets that leverage Excel, Python, Tableau and other data preparation and visualization tools. You will master the basic McKinsey research toolkit (fluency in McKinsey terminology and concepts), understand the firm’s Client Capabilities Network and expand knowledge of core information/data sources.

Your qualifications and skills

• Bachelor’s degree or working towards a bachelor’s degree in economics
• Solid interest in and appreciation for economic concepts and trends at global and regional levels
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to creatively retrieve, summarize and present complex information
• Excellent search skills on web sources and electronic databases
• Strong proficiency with Excel preferred; familiarity with R, Python and/or eViews is a plus
• Strong orientation towards customer service, collaboration and initiative-taking
• Fluency in written and verbal communications in English and Spanish