Data Science Graduate Internship

Internship Overview

The Home Depot’s Summer Internship program offers college students an opportunity to develop leadership skills and gain hands on experience in a corporate environment. During an 11 – week period from May 15 – July 28, 2023, interns will be assigned to a functional team such as Supply Chain, Marketing, e-commerce, Technology, Finance, Operations, Merchandising, Outside Sales & Services, Human Resources, etc. Interns will learn more about our retail business and our corporate offices while having the opportunity to work on a pre-assigned project that impacts the function they are supporting. Additionally, interns participate in networking and development activities that set them up for success as they build their careers.

Data Science Intern Description

The Data Science Intern Program offers talented college students the opportunity to develop their advanced data science skills while supporting the Company’s strategic objectives. Intern candidates are assigned to a project aligned to business areas such as e-Commerce, Merchandising, Operations or Finance. The Home Depot’s internship program was recently named in the Top 20 in the US and offers college students an opportunity to develop leadership skills and gain hands on experience working with a number of leaders on projects that directly impact the business for one of the world’s leading retailers. Data Science interns will focus on working with a variety of data science roles and functions to translate business questions into actionable insights and deliver high quality analytical solutions.

Tasks, responsibilities, and key accountabilities include:

Business Collaboration

Participate in meetings across the enterprise data science community, gaining exposure to cross functional business units.

Build networking relationships and receive mentoring from team members and top-level management

Communicating Results

Communicate findings and project status clearly and professionally through presentations

Provide recommendations to upper management.

Provide comprehensive report-out to senior leaders on assignments and other related projects

Data Analytics

Use strategic thinking and perform data analytics for a variety of business problems and opportunities and create high quality analytics solutions

Apply a wide variety of database applications and analytical tools, including SQL, Google Cloud Big Query and Python

Description of Roles: (Career paths that utilize this skillset full-time)

At The Home Depot, our associates always have room to move up and explore new opportunities. After the Internship, here are some examples of early career roles for interns with a background in Data Science:

Data Science Analyst

Associate Data Scientist

Data Scientist

Nature and Scope:

Typically reports to Manager

No direct responsibility for supervising others.

Environmental Job Requirements:

Environment:

Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Travel:

Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.