Ørsted Interview Questions
& Process

I was contacted about 3 weeks after applying with my CV and a cover letter. I met up online with the recruiter and we had a 30 min. talk about myself, the company, and the job. Then I had to wait another 4 weeks to get rejected and not invited to the second interview. Overall, the application process was okay. I hated how long I had to wait and the silence on the part of the recruiter after the first interview. However, they provided me with some constructive and personal feedback on my application and the interview. Very few recruiter do this these days, so I'm very glad that at least this process allowed me to improve my applications and interviews in the future.

The interview process spanned nearly 3 months, from September to December 2024. There were 3 interviews in total: 2 formal and 1 informal. The hiring manager cited being busy or on leave as reasons for missing the first two interviews. The first interview focused on technical experiences, the second on behavioral aspects and a proposed solution presented via slides, and the third was for clarification. The HR contact was initially responsive but became inconsistent with updates, requiring follow-ups. The prolonged process felt like a missed opportunity. In December, a decision was made to prioritize an internal candidate due to company policy.

I applied for the IT Support Consultant position at Ørsted in Gentofte, Denmark. Even though the title says 'Consultant', I'm actually employed full-time and permanently. The hiring process started with an introductory interview, which lasted about an hour and 20 minutes. It was a really pleasant and relaxed chat, focusing a lot on me as a person and the skills I gained from my Computer Science degree and previous IT Support work. Right after that interview, the boss called me in the parking lot and said they really liked me and wanted to move forward quickly, inviting me for a second interview the following week. I was really happy about that. Then, just a couple of hours later, the boss called again and offered me the job, saying there was no need for the second interview. I accepted, and I'm now in my first week, enjoying the great colleagues and environment, with a good starting salary and benefits.

The initial screening interview was great. However, the first virtual interview with an interim leader and an architect was a disaster. I had to ask for a Teams invite on the interview day, and their system had issues preventing me from logging in. The leader seemed unprepared, and they hadn't coordinated beforehand as the architect immediately started asking questions. My responses were poorly received with incorrect assumptions and odd statements like 'you don't need to be good at IT, I can help you with that.' This was strange coming from an engineer with 3 years of HR experience to someone with over a decade of product management/ownership in HR reporting and analytics. During the Q&A, I understood their approach: they prioritized delivering analytics over proper business and analytics architecture, relying on development skills instead of automated processes, which isn't standardized, scalable, or agile. I emailed them both afterwards, but they ghosted me instead of replying within a week. A month later, I received a written rejection stating they chose someone with more experience building from scratch, which confused me as I had done exactly that for a top global brand over ten years. It was a very peculiar process.