SunRun Interview Questions & Reviews

Interviewed Oct 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 2 weeks)

This was the most laborious interview process I have ever participated in. A total of EIGHT interviews until I was finally rejected. The high quantity of interviews indicates to me that the hiring manager has difficulty making decisions and that he/she had to continue to seek the guidance from his/her colleagues and superiors. When posed with actual business questions about the stability of the industry and the company itself, the answers were like watching people trying to tap dance along the road. I never once got a straight answer of how they were going to accomplish their 10-year goal of being the largest energy provider in the US. I just got a lot of, "Yeah, that's where we want to be...isn't that great!" They have absolutely no plan of attack to reach that goal. It sounds good, and to someone who is willing to just take any answer at face value, I guess that will suffice. I even asked some "softball" questions to some of the people who interviewed me and I couldn't get a straight answer. Example: "When you wake up on Monday morning, what do you look forward to the most at SunRun." No one could answer that one with a concrete answer.

They will try to show you how upbeat and positive everyone is, which is great, but let's face it, businesses are successful when businesses actually do business. Song and dance and the Monday cheer sessions don't add to the good side of the balance sheet.

If you want a job here, all you have to do is be a cheerleader, bob your head a lot and smile. Qualifications do not weigh as heavily here as does your blind faith to what they're telling you. Remember, act like a Labrador Retriever anticipating someone about to throw his ball. Open your eyes really wide, get all jumpy and excited...Act like they have a solid idea of what they're doing and you're sure to get an offer.