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Eagle Hill is a family-run, woman-owned firm. The firm prides itself on “unconventional consulting”: an outside-the-box, “living lab” approach to client engagement. Innovative ideas and creative solutions are tested and validated within the firm before being brought to market, which puts people at the heart of the process and measures the real impact of business strategies before they are proposed to clients. The result is a working environment that encourages boldness and experimentation.
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Vault Verdict
If you’re looking at breaking into consulting from an unconventional background, Eagle Hill Consulting is worth a look. The firm actively searches for people who bring a different perspective to consulting, placing them in roles where they can apply the skills they already have while developing their consulting acumen.
Insiders point to the firm’s flexible scheduling and flexible remote work policies as signs of its commitment to providing work-life balance, and they say their evenings and weekends are largely protected. While this may come with slightly lower pay and less clear promotion policies than other firms, most Eagle Hill employees agree the trade-off is worth it.
In terms of business outlook, Eagle Hill is refreshingly stable. While it...
About the Company
Billing itself as a "family-run, woman-owned company," Eagle Hill Consulting serves clients in sectors that span federal, state, and local government; public service; nonprofit; financial services; health and life sciences; and technology, media, and entertainment. With offices in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, Boston, MA, and Seattle, WA, the firm offers a range of consulting services that include strategy, organizational performance, talent, and change management.
Having recently celebrated its 20th year in business, Eagle Hill still manages to stand out from the crowd in a number of ways—starting with its "unconventional consulting" tagline. The firm has earned numerous awards, including nods from The Washington Post and Forbes, as an employer and for the quality of its work and highlights the unconv...
Employee Reviews
- “Pretty much everyone I've encountered at Eagle Hill has been warm and willing to lend a hand. There is no feeling of a toxic and competitive workplace that firms can sometimes have.”
- “I genuinely feel cared for and can have a reasonable work-life balance and lots of flexibility. I am also able to work remotely full-time because of some personal needs.”
- “We are particularly innovative regarding culture. You can do great work here without burning out.”
- “Our company's tagline is ‘unconventional consulting,’ so we appreciate folks from various backgrounds as they provide varying perspectives.”
Why Work Here
Why work at Eagle Hill Consulting? Let our people count the (unconventional) ways. You’ll find: we recruit for cultural fit, not just for the role. An empowering environment that encourages employees to present new ideas and see them through. A group of bright, diverse, and driven people from different backgrounds. Watch the video to hear more from the consultants who make Eagle Hill a welcoming, collaborative, and fun place to work.
Getting Hired Here
- “We have a competency-based interview guide which has a set of questions interviewers follow in order to provide consistency and equality to the candidates.”
- “The interview process begins with an initial phone or video screening that asks candidates about their background, experience, and motivation for joining the firm. From here, successful candidates advance to a series of interviews and case studies to evaluate their problem-solving abilities.”
- “We are looking for candidates that fit into our culture and live our core values. We bring in candidates with diverse backgrounds and match them to roles we are looking to fill that will help them develop new skills. For more senior roles, we are looking for candidates with skillsets we need to strengthen our delivery.”
- “One of my favorite things about Eagle Hill when I interviewed was that you hear from an actual person, as opposed to your application going into a black box. They are careful to be in excellent communication with candidates.”