As the largest woman-owned consulting firm in Washington DC, Eagle Hill is an award-winning, family-run company solving business problems in ways that deliver value above expectations. We are an unconventional community of consultants bringing energy and imagination with an entrepreneurial spirit – people-centered, collaboration-driven, and impact-focused.
At Eagle Hill, you’re not just a number. We offer employees a personalized experience, paired with the best experiences and benefits of a big firm.
We bring our clients the best in the field - and have the data to back it up. Our Topgrading approach ensures we hire A players that exceed expectations and share our values. Over half of our employees have worked in the industries we serve —10 years’ worth on average.
We are a community of consultants, with a culture 
rooted in strong relationships and collaboration. Eagle Hill’s environment is supportive and not driven by internal competition among consultants. Providing real and meaningful work-life balance to our employees, while also delivering extraordinary management consulting results to our clients, is critical to Eagle Hill’s success. We have been consistently recognized as a “Great Place to Work” by the Washingtonian, a "Top Workplace" by the Washington Post, and a "Best Place to Work" by the Washington Business Journal.
Our founders broke from the pack of large, traditional consulting companies in order to establish a firm that is truly collaborative and possesses an entrepreneurial spirit. Eagle Hill applies the best tools and methodologies of larger consultancies in the nimble environment of a smaller firm. Consultants at Eagle Hill have the freedom to come up with the right creative solutions for our clients without bureaucratic constraints.
We employ the Topgrading Approach to hiring. Using this thorough and robust process enables Eagle Hill to hire the best of the best.
At Eagle Hill, we believe that individuals from diverse backgrounds and with unconventional career paths enhance both our community of consultants and our client relationships. Our smaller size provides you with exceptional opportunities to accelerate your career through skills development, access to the highest levels of leadership, and opportunities to take on increasing levels of responsibilities earlier in your career.
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I have been working at Eagle Hill Consulting full-time (More than a year)
Pros
EHC puts a lot of thought into its culture and employee experience. Since day one, I have felt supported, challenged, and encouraged to do my best by a group of amazingly genuine and fun coworkers. The firm empowers its people, and opportunities to develop skills come early on. Coming from a firm where entry-level staff were belittled and undermined, I have found Eagle Hill to be a refreshing change of pace where my input is not only valued but projected into client-facing presentations, business development opportunities, and senior leadership’s earshot. The performance evaluation system is comprehensive, allowing us to claim credit for nearly every initiative or task that we work on, and with perspective and feedback possible from multiple peers and not just one direct supervisor. Eagle Hill senior leadership excels at communication and transparency, with regular meetings, conferences and surveys as vehicles for employees to ask questions and voice their opinions. Since employees are happy, they tend to get involved with internal initiatives to spread their enthusiasm and make the company an even better place to work. I love the size of EHC – it’s small enough to be comfortable and familiar, but large enough that I’m always meeting new people and learning from amazing new colleagues (that I’ll often kick myself for not getting to know sooner!)
Cons
While EHC has recently re-visited its career mapping and progression levels for the better, it seems there remains ambiguity around minimum requirements for entry-level consultants, especially recently. Though I think the company does a great job of quickly recognizing high performers, it’s unfair for experienced professionals to start out on the same par as others with significantly less experience, education and/or maturity.
Advice to Management
Create more standardization for the Topgrading process and/or additional prerequisite criteria for each job level. Also, continue to listen to employees’ input and feedback on a regular basis, with opportunities not only for small soundbites but tangible and constructive process improvement ideas for the company. Finally, continue to develop internal networking opportunities to replace the former family network system so that we can get to meet more of our awesome coworkers!
Application
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Eagle Hill Consulting (Arlington, VA).
Interview
I applied to Eagle Hill Consulting through an employee referral and had a very positive application/interview experience. Each candidate is assigned an internal recruiter, which makes for a more personalized and enjoyable process. My recruiter, Amy Fuller, was nothing short of amazing from start to finish. She was professional during our initial phone screening and remained hands-on leading up to my formal interview. Eagle Hill follows a Topgrading Interview approach to gain an in-depth understanding of each candidate's education and career history. Through this interview process, the interviewing managers are able to assess which candidates exhibit traits and skills that would make them well-suited for the Eagle Hill team. In order to execute this Topgrading process, each candidate completes a Career History Form in advance of the interview, which is then used as the basis for the interview. The interview can take up to three hours due to the amount of information there is to cover. Thorough as it may be, I believe the Topgrading process is essential to hiring top talent. I also felt more than prepared for my interview thanks to Amy's guidance, approachability, and constant professionalism.
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