Career Conversations

This episode is part of a special mini-series of Career Conversations focused on MBA summer internships. Oscar Licea Perez ’21 interned at Morgan Stanley in the investment banking division for Latin America. Before SOM, he founded his own micro-lending group, working as its CFO until he was invited to work for the central bank of Mexico.

This episode is part of a special mini-series of Career Conversations focused on MBA summer internships. Julia Frederick ’21 is an MBA/MPH candidate at Yale and is the SOM student government president. This summer she is interning with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Before SOM, she worked in government and politics, most recently for Senator Elizabeth Warren.

This episode is part of a special mini-series of Career Conversations focused on MBA summer internships. Diane Somlo ’21 is an MD/MBA candidate at Yale. She is spending her summer at Geisinger, a hospital and health center comprised of thirteen hospital campuses, two research centers, a college of medicine and a health plan serving more than three million residents in central, south-central and northeast Pennsylvania. Diane discusses the choice to pursue an MBA after having started her MD, her summer projects at Geisinger, and the ways in which the health care system is evolving.

This episode is part of a special mini-series of Career Conversations focused on MBA summer internships. Ezra Nelson ’21 is an intern at the Robin Hood Foundation this summer. He discusses the organization’s evolving mission focusing on social mobility and his experience working on the learning and tech fund team focusing on school readiness. 

This episode is part of a special mini-series of Career Conversations focused on MBA summer internships. Daven Hines ’21 is an intern at YouTube this summer. He discusses what it’s like to work as a product marketing intern at YouTube, his love of the SOM series Voices, and what he is watching and reading this summer.

This episode is part of a special mini-series of Career Conversations focused on MBA summer internships. Danny Hurvitz ’21 (they/them/theirs) is an intern at McKinsey & Company this summer. They discuss what it's like to recruit for consulting at SOM (65 cases!), their summer projects at the firm focused on optimization strategy, and the importance of inclusivity and representation for LGBTQIA+ in business school and corporate settings.

This episode is part of a special mini-series of Career Conversations focused on MBA summer internships. Snigdha Rao ’21 is an intern at the National Park Service this summer. She discusses what it’s like to work at the organization, her hidden talent for improv, and what she looks forward to in her second year as a full-time MBA student including her involvement in Student Government and Women in Management.

This is our first episode in a special mini-series of Career Conversations focused on MBA summer internships. Ann Boyajian ’21, Emily Kling ’21, and Edward Kusell-Zigelman ’21 MBA interns at CariClub this summer. They discuss what it’s like to work at the start-up, the pros and cons of a virtual internship, and their big takeaway from their work at the social impact-focused organization.

Frances Symes, a 2014 graduate of Yale SOM, is a manager in the Workforce Transformation group of Deloitte’s Human Capital practice. She has been with Deloitte for 5 years, and has served clients across multiple industries in leading large scale change efforts as well as conducting talent and learning initiatives. Frances has built expertise and a passion for a broad range of organizational and people topics—including upskilling and reskilling the workforce, change leadership, and the Future of Work. She is trained as a Greenhouse Lab manager and facilitator and loves designing and facilitating client workshops and “breakthrough” sessions.

Dennis Tseng is a 2014 graduate of Yale SOM. He works in Google’s Hiring Innovation department, helping the tech giant hire nearly 25,000 employees each year in a more effective and equitable way. He is interviewed by Emily Kling ’21.