Talent Analyst Intern, Wayfair

Summer 2025

Salary not provided
SQL
Python
R
Excel
Google Sheets
BigQuery
Boston

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4 days a week in office

Wayfair

A global online homeware marketplace

Open for applications

Wayfair

A global online homeware marketplace

1001+ employees

B2CRetailLifestyleMarketplaceInterior designFurnitureHome improvementeCommerce

Open for applications

Salary not provided
SQL
Python
R
Excel
Google Sheets
BigQuery
Boston

More information about location

4 days a week in office

1001+ employees

B2CRetailLifestyleMarketplaceInterior designFurnitureHome improvementeCommerce

Company mission

To help everyone, anywhere create their feeling of home.

Role

Who you are

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelors or higher with the expectation that degree will be obtained between December 2025 and Summer 2026 with a 3.0 GPA minimum
  • Must be returning to the course of study following completion of the internship
  • Ability to commit to working 40 hours/week (9am-5pm, Monday-Friday) from June 2 - August 8, 2025 in our Boston office
  • You must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship by Wayfair now or in the future

Desirable

  • Strong academic record, exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Creative and innovative approach to solving problems; a desire to understand talent business processes and make them better
  • Entrepreneurial spirit and a demonstrated self-starter mentality
  • Ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously
  • Interest in working hard and being challenged in a fast-paced environment
  • Curiosity, a creative mindset, and the ability to quickly learn new technical tools
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Positive, people-oriented, and enthusiastic attitude
  • Proficient with advanced MS Excel/Google Sheets
  • Experience with a programming language (SQL, R, or Python) is a plus
  • Integrity, maturity, and respect to handle confidential and sensitive talent data
  • Demonstrated leadership through campus involvement

What the job involves

  • Program Dates: June 2, 2025 - August 8, 2025
  • Wayfair believes that our people are our greatest asset and biggest differentiator
  • As Wayfair grows, we need to ensure our talent strategy and approach is best-in-class
  • The Talent Analytics team drives Wayfair’s strategy to attract, retain, and develop world class talent
  • Interns will work closely with Wayfair leadership to improve the employee experience by leveraging data and insights to raise the bar on organizational effectiveness
  • Strong candidates will demonstrate sound business acumen, analytical skills, high EQ, and an eagerness to learn and grow
  • Scope, develop and manage end-to-end analyses (gather requirements, establish key metrics, test hypotheses) to address difficult business questions and improve the recruiter and candidate experience
  • Present analyses and insights to teams across Talent and the Business
  • Navigate our People Analytics platform (Visier) to answer questions and build customized views for various business leaders
  • Leverage or learn Google Big Query to extract and manipulate talent data for ad hoc requests and projects
  • Cultivate relationships and collaborate with cross-functional partners to identify opportunities and learnings, and create efficiencies through new tools and recommendations
  • Examples of past projects on this team include collecting and analyzing survey data, creating an infrastructure to aggregate and analyze recruiting data, and evaluating performance review cycle results

Our take

Wayfair emerged in the early era of eCommerce with a mission to revolutionize online shopping, offering customers a convenient platform to purchase goods. Today, it stands as one of the foremost global players in the online furniture delivery industry, boasting an impressive inventory of over 33 million products.

Renowned for its extensive product range and comprehensive service offerings, Wayfair distinguishes itself by providing an end-to-end customer experience, from browsing to doorstep delivery. Despite its prominence, the company faces profitability challenges attributed largely to expansion expenses. Nonetheless, its solid presence in the competitive online homeware sector solidifies its position as a key contender.

With ambitious global expansion plans, Wayfair remains committed to maintaining its leadership in the industry. As it aspires to become the ultimate destination for all home needs, its more recent ventures into physical retail represent significant strides toward this overarching goal.

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-14% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company values

  • Relentless Customer Focus: Delivering an exceptional customer experience drives everything we do. We invest in understanding our customers and partners. We are all in customer service
  • Deliver Rsults With Agility: We prioritize work that drives long-term value. We execute with urgency, learn from failure, and nimbly pivot. The outcomes of our efforts are impactful, measurable results
  • Use Good Judgement: We are bold and confident, never reckless. We make reasoned, calculated decisions based on data, critical thinking, and pattern recognition
  • Build the Best Team: We lead by setting the bar high, articulating clear goals, and diving deep. We hire, develop, and leverage only the best. Our leaders continually reevaluate and strengthen their teams and do not shy away from hard decisions. We expect and demonstrate excellence
  • Collaborate Effectively: We invest in cross-functional global partnerships that maximize impact and minimize duplication. We prize collaboration in all interactions – with our teammates, stakeholders, and suppliers. We disagree, align, and commit. Effectiveness and efficiency in collaboration are required.
  • Respect Others: We earn and show respect, treating our teammates and partners with empathy and inclusion. We presume good intent while prioritizing impact. We balance confidence and candor with humility and kindness.
  • Be an Owner: We are Wayfair first. We act on what’s best for the company, ahead of team or individual goals. We spend every dollar as if it is our own. We take pride in Wayfair’s success while planning the next win. We always think long-term
  • Innovate & Improve: We are not limited by precedent. We boldly challenge the norm. We continually identify opportunities to innovate, improve, and simplify. We value incremental improvements, but we also look for game-changing breakthroughs.
  • Adapt & Grow: We value adaptability and self-reflection. We find opportunity in every change, experience, and mistake. We are committed to continuous self-improvement.

Company HQ

Prudential / St. Botolph, Boston, MA

Leadership

Niraj Shah

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Studied Engineering at Cornell University before co-founding Spinners, a Boston-based IT services company. Previously acted as Entrepreneur in Residence for Greylock and has served as CEO of Wayfair since co-founding the company in 2002.

Steven Conine

(Co-Founder)

Co-founded Spinners before working for Operations at iXL. Conine also co-founded Pillar VC in 2016.

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