Staff Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Systems Evolution with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 42.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Staff Consultant roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 44 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Systems Evolution overall takes an average of 45 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Systems Evolution as a Staff Consultant according to 44 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 24%
Background check: 16%
Group panel interview: 9%
Drug test: 6%
Skills test: 6%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 2%
Presentation: 2%
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The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Systems Evolution (Boston, MA) in Sep 2024
Interview
The interview process is known internally as "The Gauntlet". Each interview has a different focus either culture, compensation, business model, or technical skills. I made it through six rounds over the course of 2 months before recieving an email saying I would not be moving forward. No detail, no feedback, no phone call. For a company with such focus and pride on a culture that is different than most workplaces ending the interview process this way could not be farther from the culture each interviewer was pushing. I can understand early stages ending the process this way but after 6 interviews including an in person interview some respect and detailed feedback over the phone would be nice.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Systems Evolution (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2025
Interview
I had a virtual interview initially. I didn't think it went particularly well, but received an invite for an in person interview at their Seattle office in a co-working (WeWork) space. When I arrived, it took a while for the interviewer to nail down a space to chat. It was a pleasant experience but admittedly felt weird being in an in person interview again.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A question about how comfortable I am with networking, to grow the business.
Side note: This felt a lot like multilevel marketing and was a turnoff during my virtual interview as well. It's a very flat organization, and with that comes many challenges to move your career forward.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Systems Evolution (Boston, MA) in Feb 2023
Interview
SEI is disrespectful of candidates time. Employees have to meet recruitment time quotas and it informs the interview process. To meet that requirement, prepare for multiple one-hour, one-on-one interviews across the three seniority levels. First interview is feeling out a basic fit. The second is about skills. The remaining six (!) interviews are about fit. Each interviewer asks the same questions and makes the same disclosures about SEI --employee owned, no travel, everyone expected to contribute to recruitment & biz dev. Making these panel interviews would save everyone time. Some interviewers were prepared. Others simply showed up and asked rehearsed questions. The quota shows. Are you a serious candidate or just a way for a principle to check a box on hours logged? You'll never know. After seven (!) hour long interviews, the eighth interview with the Boston office leadership. It was yet another re-tread of the same questions! I'm unsure how the eighth time I answered, What makes a good consultant, varied from the first through seventh time, but I guess it did. I received a call telling me they were declining to make an offer, and had zero feedback outside of, it's a competitive landscape.