DC Energy Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – Applied through university career services, then got offered an interview. First round interview was about half and hour, a computer science question, algorithm-based. Later that night got a phone call offering me a 2nd round interview the next day. That was 2 45-minute interviews back to back, both were much more quantitative in nature. Also got to ask questions.

Interview Details – 1 hour skill test. General math and logic. Brush up on this before hand. Find the area of a circle inside a square inside a circle. Most of it is analytical and fairly straight forward but there are a couple of questions regarding your interest in your position and whether you have programming experience.

Interview Details – Submitted resume via college job board and was contacted a few weeks later for an IQ/Computer test.

Online test consisted mainly of brain teasers, math problems and market estimation questions. You are expected to take an hour to complete the exam. I'd suggest skimming a brain teaser or basic probability/math book to prepare.

Phone interview went over my resume and ended with a simple probability case interview involving coin flips.

Week later I was invited for an on-site interview which HR said would consist of 3 case interviews. First interview was centered around choosing between certain power plant configurations given some data--simple DCF would suffice. The 2nd interview involved how to invest in a variety of power plants given probabilistic data. Final interview consisted of choosing between crops and how to allocate an investment.

I'd suggest that interviewers review case study books and basic portfolio texts.

Interview Details – The first part is an online test. Mostly logic questions and quant type problems. I don't think you need to get the whole thing right to move onto the phone screen. The second part was a phone screen gauging general interest including fitness questions and also a case at the end. The case was not a general business cases and involved solving a math problem with weighted averages on probabilities. When you get invited to final round, the recruiter will give you a sample case that will make u think you will get general business cases - however don't be misled by this, your cases will be math problems and more like solving brain teaser or quant problems (dont waste your time prepping business cases). There are 3 cases during final round, and afterwards a lunch, and then maybe a presentation of the company. The lunch was after the cases so it cannot help you, only hurt you.

Interview Details – First round interview was 30 minutes long; 10 minutes fit, 15 minutes case, 5 minutes for questions. Case was not like typical mgmt consulting case; don't come in with the strategy consulting approach. The case really consisted of related questions which were indirectly linked to how electricity auctions run. Interviewer wasn't *that* helpful, which made it difficult.

Interview Details – On campus interview. Interviewer is a trader with a technical background. He cared only if you answered a brainteaser right or wrong. I did not answer it right according to him, and left the interview with the belief that it was a communication problem. Given his description of the teaser, I nearly wanted to prove to him that there is no answer to his question. And I did about 10 questions asking clarifications, testing the bounds of the his question, etc during the interview, to no avail.

Interview Details – applied through University career center and received on-campus first round interview

Interview Details – Met with company reps at a career fair in D.C. I have experience working in energy, so they were more than happy to give me a quick on-site interview. About 2 weeks later they invited me out for a 2 day interview which consisted of about 3 quantitative case interviews and several opportunities to meet with staff (both junior and senior).

Not going to lie, the interview process is extremely challenging. With that said, this is an excellent company that deserves the best and brightest out there (hence the hard interview process).

Interview Details – Submitted my resume on their website. Several months later, I recieved a response, and took the online test. 8 +/- questions, some were free response (why are you interested, explain why the dollar coin failed), some were brain teasers. (very similiar to the questions others have posted, although a lot of the posted answers are wrong)

Following the online test, i did a thirty minute phone interview with a current analyst. For the most part, we just discussed the electricity market, and how the trade, etc. We ended with a brain teaser, (how many tires are sold in the US). Overall, I believe the interview went well. The analyst sent me an email immediately following the interview, thanking me and saying to reach out with any additional questions. I sent him a nice obligatory thank you reply.

Since then, complete silence. After 3 weeks, I contacted the HR person inquiring about my status. No response... Very odd, considering that others have posted that they've recieved relatively quick feedback.