MBA Intern, Supply Chain Optimization - Summer 2027
Posted Aug 7, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about an optimization or modeling project you did. What was the result?
What they are checking: Whether they have built models that produced real recommendations, not just academic exercises.
Tell me about a time you had to simplify a complex analysis for decision makers.
What they are checking: Whether they can make models understandable enough that leaders trust and use them.
Why supply chain optimization at a healthcare company?
What they are checking: Whether they connect supply chain work to the patients and providers who depend on it.
What would you do
Your model says to close a facility, but operations leaders strongly disagree. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they can test their model against real constraints and take expert pushback seriously.
Fuel costs jump sharply. How would you analyze the impact on the network?
What they are checking: Whether they can quickly size the effect of an outside shock and suggest responses.
About the work
How would you decide which distribution center should serve a group of customers?
What they are checking: Whether they understand network tradeoffs between transportation cost, service time and capacity.
Medline delivers next day to most of the country. What supply chain decisions make that possible?
What they are checking: Whether they can reason about how network design and inventory placement support fast service.
What tools have you used for supply chain analytics or optimization, like Python, SQL or a solver?
What they are checking: Whether their skills are practical enough to deliver in a 12-week internship.
How do you check that the data feeding your model is good enough to trust?
What they are checking: Whether they validate inputs before drawing conclusions from them.
How would you measure whether a supply chain change actually improved performance?
What they are checking: Whether they define clear metrics like cost per unit, fill rate or on-time delivery up front.
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