Company details

HEADCOUNT

1000-2999

ORG TYPE

Corporate

SECTOR

Professional Services

WEBSITE

https://www.thirdbridge.com

About the company

Third Bridge is an expert network and research firm that connects investors and consultants with industry experts for calls, surveys, and other insight products. Early-career hiring is centered on Client Services Associate roles where new joiners run projects end-to-end: understanding a client brief, finding and persuading experts, and scheduling calls under tight deadlines. Third Bridge also runs paid internships in Client Services and uses a public job simulation to preview the work. The company has operated since 2007 and sells globally across private equity, public equity, credit, and consulting clients.

Locations and presence

Third Bridge operates across 12 offices on four continents, including London (global HQ), New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Mumbai, Tokyo, Seoul, Munich, and Dubai. Early-career roles are posted by office and often include language-specific tracks (for example French speaker or Japanese speaker routes).

Palpable Score

76.7

/ 100

Third Bridge is a high-volume early-career employer with paid internships, repeated graduate Associate intakes, and a clear internal “grow our leaders” pathway backed by training and development allowances. The score is held back by mixed third-party sentiment about workload and sustainability, plus candidate-reported interview experiences that are not consistently positive.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

18.0

/ 20

The company advertises recurring graduate-entry Associate roles across multiple offices and start dates (for example “Associate, Client Services” with January 2026 start tracks and other 2026 intakes).
Third Bridge runs a paid Client Services Summer Intern program for 2026 with eligibility for Year 3, Year 4, or recent graduates who can commit full-time for a defined window.
The company still concentrates early-career access into one main job family (Client Services Associate), with fewer obvious entry routes into other teams like product, engineering, or research ops.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

14.5

/ 20

The company’s Associate job ads are unusually direct about what the job is, including heavy phone time, cold outreach, and “extremely tight deadlines,” so candidates can self-select honestly.
Third Bridge publicly signposts preparation tooling via the Forage job simulation and says the hiring approach is evidence-based and focused on past experiences and skills.
The company has mixed candidate-reported interview experience on public platforms, and some vacancy links intermittently error or go unavailable, which adds friction and uncertainty.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

17.0

/ 20

The company describes a structured early-career development setup: Learning and Development team support, a Personal Development Plan, coaching, mentoring, and management training.
Third Bridge states Associates receive up to three months of on-the-job training with direct communication and development support from senior leadership.
The company’s internship posting spells out formal classroom training plus hands-on shadowing and coaching, which is exactly the kind of scaffolding that helps juniors ramp quickly.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

16.0

/ 20

The company publishes concrete graduate pay for some locations via public listings, such as a £40,000 base salary for a London Graduate Associate (Private Markets) role with bonus access and a defined milestone pay increase.
Third Bridge includes tangible benefits in multiple Associate postings, including private medical insurance (location-dependent), pension schemes, personal development allowances, and vacation increases after two years.
The company leans on uncapped bonus schemes as a core part of early-career earnings, which can feel less predictable for graduates budgeting for rent and repayments.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

11.2

/ 20

The company publishes internal progression examples on the early careers page, including named leaders who joined as Associates and later became Senior Vice President, Senior Manager, and Vice President.
Third Bridge has a large Glassdoor footprint with a mid-range overall rating and only a slim majority of employees saying they would recommend the company, which is a meaningful caution flag for early-career sustainability.
The company has negative third-party feedback on workload and limited promotion in some locations, and the public information does not include cohort-level outcomes like retention over 12–24 months or intern-to-full-time conversion rates.