UK Executive Search Summer Internship 2026

A career at Korn Ferry means thriving in a diverse, autonomous, and flexible environment. Excellence is consistently recognized and rewarded, empowering you to share your ideas and follow them through. And, because we’re all about taking talent further, you can look forward to exceptional training and development.

Korn Ferry’s Executive Search business helps organizations recruit board-level, chief executive, and other C-suite/senior executive and general management talent to deliver lasting impact. Our approach to placing talent brings together our research-based IP, proprietary assessments and behavioural interviewing with our practical experience to determine the ideal organizational fit. Salary benchmarking then helps us build appropriate frameworks for compensation and attraction. This business is managed and reported on a geographic basis.

As an Executive Search summer intern with Korn Ferry, you will have the opportunity to learn about our company, our capabilities and solutions. You will gain first-hand experience of working on client projects as part of a team, and you will get to learn from solution and industry experts throughout the programme through on-the job and structured learning sessions.

You will also have the opportunity to build networks with colleagues and peer groups locally and internationally with peers taking part in Korn Ferry’s Intern programme in other international offices.

This is a hybrid Internship programme and there will be an expectation for all Interns to be able to get to the London office at least three days’ a week.

If you do well, you may be offered an opportunity to join our 2027 graduate programme.

To be eligible for the Korn Ferry Internship:

• You must be in your penultimate year of study and likely to graduate with a 2:1 or better in 2027.
• Korn Ferry is not able to sponsor applicants for these roles, so please note that you must have full authorisation to work permanently in the UK.
• We look for a diverse range of skills and experience and are interested in candidates who are actively involved in extracurricular activities whilst successfully balancing academic study.
• You should be naturally curious and keen to use your analytical, problem-solving skills to generate creative solutions to client challenges.
• You must be proficient in MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint with the ability to learn new systems.