r/expertnetworks

Hi everyone,

Graduated in May of 2025 and accepted an offer to start at one of the large ENs (ThirdBridge, Guidepoint, GLG) and have been here for a year. Lately have been finding the work super cumbersome and not very motivating. Clients don’t really value the work the team does, opening up projects and then ghosting our team. They won’t pick up the phone when we call and the work feels very unappreciated and I feel very looked down upon. Currently in final round interviews at an investment bank for recruiter opportunities. Just wondering if this is how anyone else has felt working at an EN?

I would not respond to surveys from Coleman. I do surveys from GLG, 3rd Bridge, Guidepoint and Ivy exec. I have never had a disqualification from these companies on survey results, but within the past month, Coleman states there is something wrong with my survey results. I believe that they want the answers and not pay the people who respond to them. It does not make sense to me that they would disqualify me from these surveys while other companies don't. Be cautious with coleman as I don't feel that is reputable what they do.

Hey I’ve got an interview lined up with GLG and naturally I am a bit panicky. Is there anyone here that can help me with some insight regarding the company or how I can prepare for the first round of the interview? Any previous experiences where you had a similar situation and what sort of questions will be asked, what I should focus on etc? I would greatly appreciate any sort of information on this company prior to my interview!!!

Hi all, not sure if you have ever encountered this, I recall speaking to someone at Bain througn an EN back in January. The EN associate made a mistake and mislead their customer by claiming wrong experiance which I never had. The call was booked, I ended the call very professionally claiming that I do not have such experiance and all was good. Then the same EN banned me and deleted my account, I tried to reach-out to them, however their compliance team wrote back to me asking me never to approach them again.
Now we are in July and I have been banned from 2 other ENs and they both said it was Bain who asked them to do so, I do not recall speaking to anyone from Bain since January - 6 months ago, but it seems this Bain employee is either extremly bored or for some weird reason hates me, I do not know this person, I do not even know their name. Any advise or help or suggestion would be highly appreciated please.

Thank you!

Got a final interview for the client success associate role in London. It would be a 1 hour in person meeting with the VP, anyone tips and advice from people who have gone through the same process? Thank you

What is your order of current favorites and why? Interested in the client view, sorry experts.

What are some of the new services you like? What don’t you like?

I was contacted just over two weeks ago by Synquery to do consultation about my industry.

I was asked my availability for that week. I told them Friday. They agreed but then came back and offered more money if i could do it "urgently" Thursday.

Sure, i moved some things around and made the time for the consult.

Unbeknownst to me, and definitely not discussed in any prior communication, the entire consultation interview was with an AI.

Easily the most frustrating "interview" i've ever had. The AI constantly didn't register things i said, making me repeat the answers. Or even worse would say it didn't hear me because of audio issues and then minutes later would reference the answer i gave.

I was told after the interview in an email they would pay in 1-2 weeks. I've followed up on email and on linkedin with no response.

In short, steer clear of Synquery and Ben Rosenow.

Hi

I got accepted to GLG a couple of weeks earlier. Profile published etc however no reach outs etc. Is this normal? What can i do to proactively bring in clientele?

US experts just don't answer. Like absolutely never. They're active on Linkedln but won't reply to inmails. Won't reply to mails. No response on whatsapp , some don't even have whatsapp. They don't seem to have habit of answering calls. And I can't drop texts on their numbers because I work outside of USA.

Where do I actually find responsive US experts ? Some even ghost after sharing screening responses. They just stop replying / don't share their availability at the time of call schedule. Like why even share Screeners if you're not gonna show up for call. Most of them try their best to be difficult.

Others reply but after 2-3 days which kills my TAT.

Hi! Just started working for an EN firm and have had a very low response rate on all my outreach emails and follow ups. Ig it makes sense since these experts get so many emails and LinkedIn messages, it’s really easy to ignore or mark as spam

To experts who receive outreach from these EN firms, what makes you more likely to respond and engage? (Shorter emails, description of what the firm does, subject lines, etc?)

Also how can I ensure these outreach messages don’t sound scammy / like they were generated by some bot?

Does anybody has got idea what is the fair honorarium to expect for filling 20 min survey as these expert networks offer us 30$ for a 20 min survey.

Has anyone had an interaction with one network and a follow up with the same client through a different network. I assume this is discouraged of both clients and experts, but with the single-blind nature of the deal, I could see how this could happen.

Hey,

I was approached by someone from the New York office of AlphaSites, I live and work in the UK.

I work in the QSR (quick service restaurant) industry, and have done for 10 years.

My widest remit was 7 sites, around 100 staff, and ~£10M EBDITA

I’m just wondering if this is legit, and why they would want someone as relatively inexperienced as me? I’m still in my 20s, and by no means consider myself to be an industry expert.

I just got my last rejection from one of the big companies and I’m so upset. Literally made it to the final rounds. What should I do now as a new grad? I’ve had interviews with almost all the companies in the industry and I haven’t gotten a single associate offer. Don’t know what to do anymore :(

Hi everyone,

Jay here, I’ve worked in the expert network space for a little over four years as an Italian-speaker.

Over time, I’ve stayed in touch with quite a few of them. Some became friends, and some have almost become mentors.

I’m not trying to build another large expert network. I’m trying to understand whether there are smaller, more useful business models around expert knowledge.

For people who have done expert calls or worked with these platforms:

If someone had strong relationships with a small number of good experts, what kind of business model would you suggest exploring?

I’m not recruiting or selling anything here. I’m just trying to learn from people who know the space better than I do.

Genuinely appreciate for any advice, thanks!

I’ve been consulting for about a year now - my main volume has been with GLG, mainly due to their mobile app and overall operational efficiency. I usually get 4 a week from GLG but now they just stopped. I can login just fine, I don’t have any complaints or warnings or anything — just a coincidence or what gives?

Does anyone work for Lumen Technologies
Or have had an interview with them. I have an interview soon and would like to ask a few questions. Preferably for the ops technician roles.

I find it incredibly annoying that GLG, Guidepoint, and others who have Call Availability, do not allow you to sync this with your calendar. Keeping these apps/websites up to date is incredibly annoying.

I am wondering if anyone has ever come across a tool that can do this, specifically for GLG and Guidepoint. If not I might build one myself.