Potomac Point Group
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Vienna, VA 22180
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Introduction
Potomac Point Group is a boutique management consulting firm. Since 2011, the firm has worked closely together with its clients to help them innovate, tackle change, and make lasting enhancements to their businesses. Some of Potomac Point Group’s clients have included large and small banks, hedge funds, and government-sponsored enterprises in the single-family and multifamily mortgage industry.
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Vault Verdict
Situated in an interesting niche serving the mortgage finance industry, Potomac Point Partners is an exciting firm for consultants who enjoy operations strategy, process improvement, program and change management, and business analysis. Insiders say the firm has an excellent business outlook, with lots of repeat clients.
From a cultural standpoint, Potomac Point Group insiders say the firm offers an excellent quality of life. All the firm’s contracts are remote, and PTO is unlimited and encouraged. However, this doesn’t come at the cost of potential. The firm is highly entrepreneurial and, while formal training is limited, access to senior leadership and clear promotion criteria make it an excellent place to build a career.
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About the Company
Potomac Point Group is a boutique management consulting firm that specializes in services for the mortgage finance industry. The firm’s team members come from a wide range of professional backgrounds; some have joined the firm with a deep mortgage finance expertise while others were the right fit because they were strong project, managers, business analysts, or management consultants in their past lives.
Despite the differences in everyone’s professional backgrounds, everyone at Potomac Point Group shares a few commonalities that speak true to the firm’s culture. First, they place both colleagues and clients above all else, always doing the right thing and possessing high levels of integrity. Second, team members display a genuine curiosity and innate desire to continuously learn and grow. Finally, they all genuinely enjoy wo...
Employee Reviews
- “The small firm size lends itself to open communication and frequent opportunities to talk with coworkers that may have experience in aspects of the consulting space that you want to break into.”
- “Our hours are fairly set, and our unlimited PTO policy is amazing. Our team provides great coverage for each other when time off is required (sick leave, parental leave) and encourages folks to take time to recharge.”
- “We have a shared sense of work-life balance and helpin...
- “The small firm size lends itself to open communication and frequent opportunities to talk with coworkers that may have experience in aspects of the consulting space that you want to break into.”
- “Our hours are fairly set, and our unlimited PTO policy is amazing. Our team provides great coverage for each other when time off is required (sick leave, parental leave) and encourages folks to take time to recharge.”
- “We have a shared sense of work-life balance and helping each other achieve that balance so we can be truly offline when we take time off.”
- “We have a culture that values and respects all people, perspectives, and unique contributions to our firm and clients.”
Getting Hired Here
- “We have a multi-step interview process that includes case interviews and panel interviews. We do not progress many candidates to the final stage. This has limited our recruiting, but for good reason. The firm is very competitive.”
- “The hiring process starts with an HR phone screen. Then comes an informal coffee chat interview with a consultant, followed by a straightforward case interview regarding a business decision to maximize profits. The last stage is a panel interview with the p...
- “We have a multi-step interview process that includes case interviews and panel interviews. We do not progress many candidates to the final stage. This has limited our recruiting, but for good reason. The firm is very competitive.”
- “The hiring process starts with an HR phone screen. Then comes an informal coffee chat interview with a consultant, followed by a straightforward case interview regarding a business decision to maximize profits. The last stage is a panel interview with the partners involving a resume walkthrough.”
- “Our firm has a longer interview process than comparable consulting firms, but we are careful about finding the right fit. We prize those who are intellectually curious and entrepreneurial.”
- “We go through multiple rounds of interviews to test for cultural fit as well as capability. We seek candidates who possess integrity, leadership potential, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to deal with and lead clients through ambiguous problems—as well as hard skills such as analytics and communication.”
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