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Headquartered in Berlin, hy is a consulting firm with deep roots in the startup, entrepreneur, and founder community. It has the skills to support its portfolio of clients achieving their most ambitious growth targets.
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Vault Verdict
hy distinguishes itself with a vibrant company culture that thrives on innovation, flexibility, and transparency. It’s unsurprising, then, that one phrase comes up repeatedly in its consultants’ reviews: eye level.
The firm is extremely dedicated to providing a flat, meritocratic environment, where everyone is allowed to take ownership of their work and the business alike. It values direct communication with clients and team members alike to foster an entrepreneurial spirit and innovation, and lets consultants follow their own ideas to develop new business.
hy is also very flexible. Insiders laud its commitment to remote work, even when meeting with clients, and its flexible scheduling. All this flexibility doesn’t come at a cost, either. While ...
About the Company
The key to understanding hy is to understand its background: as a portfolio firm of Axel Springer, a leading digital media company, hy’s chief capabilities lie in identifying, analyzing, and supporting growth opportunities on behalf of clients.
With its head office in Berlin, the firm employs about 50 people with a mission to put its understanding of global tech and the digital ecosystem to work for its roundabout 200 clients. Approximately 70 percent of the consultants have founded companies before or worked in early-stage startups. All senior colleagues worked in operative roles before joining hy as a consultant. The entrepreneurial spirit is very strong.
To date, the firm has completed more than 400 projects in its main consulting topics including strategy, pricing, sales, business building, innovation, and tho...
Employee Reviews
- “We are a gym, not a spa. We’re hard when it comes to business, but soft when it comes to people.”
- “Everyone, including consultants, is allowed to make sales and hire attractive leads. It's not very hierarchical. People speak at eye level.”
- “We have a yearly three-day retreat, which is really fun. There are many social events with cool colleagues, and management proactively encourages taking time off after crunch time.”
- “Of course, client ser...
- “We are a gym, not a spa. We’re hard when it comes to business, but soft when it comes to people.”
- “Everyone, including consultants, is allowed to make sales and hire attractive leads. It's not very hierarchical. People speak at eye level.”
- “We have a yearly three-day retreat, which is really fun. There are many social events with cool colleagues, and management proactively encourages taking time off after crunch time.”
- “Of course, client services work brings certain challenges. However, hy takes great care to ensure that the company isn’t adding any unnecessary challenges on top of that. For example, there are no requirements regarding office duties, place of residence, and so on. Private appointments are no problem at any time of day.”
Getting Hired Here
- “The process is relatively quick and consists of multiple stages: an HR interview, a team interview, two case interviews, and an optional partner interview. It also includes coffee and lunch meetings.”
- “We’re looking for high-potential people with an opinion and a high level of curiosity. We need people that think independently on problems.”
- “The company targets cognitively fit candidates, with analytical skills and general smartness given more weight than prior pri...
- “The process is relatively quick and consists of multiple stages: an HR interview, a team interview, two case interviews, and an optional partner interview. It also includes coffee and lunch meetings.”
- “We’re looking for high-potential people with an opinion and a high level of curiosity. We need people that think independently on problems.”
- “The company targets cognitively fit candidates, with analytical skills and general smartness given more weight than prior pricing experience.”
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