Third Bridge reviews

I have tried to be as honest and balanced as possible. - The people are great, and the founders are great. - The company is really trying hard to keep graduates engaged. - The perks are good – Thursday and Friday drinks, great central London location, snacks. - The job gives you a high level overview of all industries which is useful if you don’t know what you want to do (but when I say high level, I mean REALLY high level – in so far as a basic understanding of the value chain in the industry). - You can make the job sound very good (primary point of contact for x number of leading consultancies/hedge funds/private equity firms), and the recently updated company website can re-enforce that. - Hones communication skills as the majority of the day (if you are good at your job) is spent on the phone. - Opportunities to meet clients for lunch (analysts at these firms) to “build up relationships.” - You get very good at being productive as you are working on so many projects at once. - If you are a linguist you get to make use of these abilities on a day-to-day basis.

Young, rapidly growing company (approx. 50% y.o.y) that maintains a start-up culture where you can make a significant impact within weeks of joining. If you are driven enough, you can rise through the ranks quickly and will be rewarded both financially and through career progression (examples of people rising up to manage a team of analysts and roster of clients within 18 months of joining are not uncommon). You will be in front of clients with responsibility for specific accounts within a matter of months. You will learn how they research and analyse industries/companies, and the key topics they consider most important when doing so. Your commercial awareness will grow at an exponential rate – you will learn about industries you never knew existed and how to research and break down industry value chains in a matter of minutes. Very generous incentive scheme with options for secondments abroad and paid qualifications/study support (IMC, CFA level 1, language classes etc) in your first two years. Great working environment and social side to the business (majority of research team are under 30 with Thursday drinks, football, netball teams etc). Intensive training and development plan with a set meeting every month dedicated to discussing feedback and progression with your manager. Everyone’s views are respected and extra-curricular involvement in aspects such as marketing, recruitment and IT are encouraged.