I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Orange County Power Authority
Interview
3 Rounds: HR Screen, Technical Panel Interview, Management Interview with the leadership. It was fairly quick until the final round, where things started going downhill. For an organization that expects a candidate to fly in for a 30 minute meeting with the execs, OCPA did not want to reimburse for the travel, yet insisted on meeting in person. They offered a remote interview, but spun the decision as one made by the candidate due to their lack of availability to travel. Once the interview was done, the HR got in touch to ask for a start date, relocation timelines, and then went SILENT because they QUIT their job. It has been a month since I have been ghosted. This is quite possibly the most unprofessional experience I have faced till date.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain your regulatory experience and how you have managed competing priorities within the organization to reach a common solution.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Orange County Power Authority in Dec 2024
Interview
I applied for the job online and then I received an email requesting a phone screening a few weeks later. There are three rounds to this process. Once the phone screening was complete, HR called me a few days later to let me know that I made it to the second round interview. Heads up, every time there's a schedule change for interviews, and there's many due to a lot of board meetings coming up, they always call you. It's really annoying because you think that it's a decision about how you did on your interview and instead it's just we want to reschedule you from 12pm to 3pm, like that could have been an email. I did the second round interview over Teams. A few days later, I was told I made it to the third and last round. I was told that the third round would be in person and that the interview would be scheduled in about two weeks. I was told that if I passed the third round, they would go into preparing an offer and that there would be training, which at the time sounded exciting because I only had one more round to go. Two weeks go by, I spent lots of time preparing as I have not done in an person interview in a long time. Then, literally two days before my interview, they called me to tell me that they are cancelling all interviews for 'budgetary reasons' and that they would let me know when they would decide to start interviewing again to 'pick up where I left off.' These people totally wasted my time. Beware!
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Orange County Power Authority (Irvine, CA)
Interview
After over two months of interviewing and being told I would receive an offer update on Thursday, I had to call them the following Tuesday to request the update. They only informed me that "I was a fantastic candidate, but we are moving in another direction." The takeaway? Spending that long interviewing while HR boosts your hopes of getting the job, only to find out "you're fantastic" means you aren't that fantastic in securing the role. Also, don't ghost candidates. I spent far too much energy with high hopes I could have devoted to other interviews and opportunities.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design and implement an energy program?
