Thoughts about working at Exponent. Got selected for interview after applying on LinkedIn. Applied as PhD - Engineering and I have 6.5 years of industry experience combined with 2 years of strategy consulting experience at a boutique firm. I am reading bad things about the culture.

Also does it have a good reputation with good exit opps?

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I work at Exponent and can 100% tell you that culture is as bad as it gets. There is no strategy component to it their business, mostly technical work and this year their business is bad! At what level they are hiring you?

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Depends on which practice you are working in. We have some practices that provide more strategy (e.g., health sciences, biomedical engineering), and some that are predominantly technical. Of course there’s variation in each group, and the type of work you do will depend on who you choose to work with.

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