Company details

New York, NY

HEADCOUNT

3000-9999

ORG TYPE

Corporate

SECTOR

Finance

WEBSITE

https://www.msci.com/

About the company

MSCI is a financial services company that builds indexes, analytics, and data products used across global investment markets. MSCI is best known for equity and fixed income indexes (including widely used benchmarks), plus portfolio and risk analytics, sustainability and climate data, and private assets tooling. MSCI’s clients include asset managers and asset owners, private-market sponsors and investors, hedge funds, wealth managers, banks, insurers, and corporates. MSCI’s products are typically embedded in investment research, product design (like ETFs), risk oversight, and reporting workflows.

Locations and presence

MSCI lists open roles across 31 locations, with teams spread globally across technology, data and operations, research, product, and client-facing functions. MSCI describes a hybrid work environment that prioritises in-person collaboration, with offices positioned as hubs for learning and teamwork.

Palpable Score

74.0

/ 100

MSCI is a solid early-career choice if you want a mix of finance and technology, because the company runs a structured 9-week summer internship and backs this with clear candidate guidance for technology hiring. The biggest strengths are transparency on interview stages in tech and visible investment in onboarding and learning tools, while the main limits are thin published data on intern conversion and early-career progression outcomes.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

16.0

/ 20

The company runs a structured Summer Internship Program described as a 9-week development journey with learning sessions and live projects.
MSCI positions early-career opportunities as broader than internships, referencing junior talent programs and fast-track options alongside one-off projects and experiences.
The company makes entry routes easy to find by routing candidates through a dedicated Early Careers hub and an internship-specific search pathway.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

15.0

/ 20

The company publishes a plain-language overview of the general recruitment process: online application, recruiter conversation, team interviews, then offer.
MSCI spells out typical stages for technology hiring, including recruiter screening, a HackerRank technical assessment, technical interviews, and a hiring manager interview.
The company adds an unusual transparency layer by stating an AI-based tool may support hiring decisions, offering an opt-out and stating human review remains part of the process.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

15.0

/ 20

The company describes onboarding as including personalised plans, a global orientation, and in-person team integration to help new hires settle in.
MSCI links early learning to named systems and programming, including Learning@MSCI access plus a global orientation that blends self-paced learning and interactive workshops about MSCI’s business and products.
The company frames the internship experience as supported development rather than “just project work”, including global orientation, learning roadmaps, mentorship, and senior-leader exposure in internship program communications.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

15.0

/ 20

The company publishes salary ranges directly on many U.S. job postings, including ranges shown in “What we offer you” sections alongside bonus eligibility.
MSCI describes region-specific benefits aimed at health, wellbeing, and financial security, and the careers site highlights the “Here For You” employee assistance program with confidential support.
The company’s early-career pay picture is still incomplete because internship pay is not consistently published on first-party postings, leaving candidates to rely on third-party estimates in several markets.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

13.0

/ 20

The company has Glassdoor review aggregates that are broadly positive overall and place “career opportunities” in the upper-middle range, suggesting many teams provide workable progression even if experiences vary.
MSCI has intern review feedback that praises a well-run internship program while also flagging the absence of a formal “return” process in at least some cohorts, which can affect early-career certainty.
The company talks about internal mobility as a growth lever, including a policy that roles post internally before going external, but MSCI does not publish hard early-career outcomes like intern conversion rates, retention, or time-to-promotion.

Useful links & resources

MSCI Early Careers Technology hiring process guide (what to expect)MSCI job search (filter for internships)