SunEdison Interview Questions
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I was supposed to have a phone interview with my supervisor, but it changed to a 1.5-hour in-person interview with 4 people. There was a scheduling issue on their end, which meant I had to reschedule and I felt like that reflected poorly on me. They also changed the location from their headquarters to downtown last minute. The interview panel had 4 people: 3 employees working on the projects and the HR manager for follow-up. I felt the recruiter gave me misleading info about the role. They wouldn't tell me the salary range during the interview, which was a big turn-off. Only 2 out of the 4 interviewers were friendly.

There were three interviews total. The younger people asking questions were tougher, asking more professional stuff, but the older interviewers were more chill, asking about me personally. It was pretty much a normal interview, nothing too crazy, just the usual questions like talking about my strengths and weaknesses, why I want to work at this company, and what I know about it. It was a good time, everyone was nice.

Originally applied for an engineering role but was contacted by HR who thought I would be a better fit for a Business Process Analyst position. It was basically a cold call, but the role sounded interesting, even exciting, and it was in renewable energy, which is my passion, so I agreed to an interview. The interview was friendly and seemed to go well. We discussed my resume and past work. There were some light technical questions related to solar and modeling, and some about how I handle difficult people. The only unexpected question was about my SQL skill level, which wasn't on my CV, but I'm currently taking a class on it. I was told I'd move on to the hiring manager. Unfortunately, I got a rejection letter, but it was prompt, which I appreciate. It's a bit confusing to be rejected so quickly for a role I was cold-called about. The interview did help answer some questions I couldn't find answers for elsewhere: Annual bonus expectations (you have to enter a number/percentage in the application, so be ready, 8-16% seems like a good range). Compensation for this role was in the 80s, which seems low for the Bay Area, though maybe the bonus balances it depending on the level. Be careful when asked 'what compensation do you want' on the application. My impression is that SunEdison interprets 'Desired' as 'Must be', and if your range is outside their 'Desired' range, it will likely lead to rejection. It seems like not living locally is a strong negative. On the plus side, they do have an HR department phone number, and the reps are friendly. Hope this helps, and good luck.

I had a really bad time interviewing for the Sourcing Engineer job at Sun Edison. I did about 5 phone interviews over 8 weeks, and then they called me in for a final round. The schedule and interviewers for the final round were totally different from what they told me. The first interviewer was 40 minutes late and didn't even have a room booked. The other two 'scheduled interviewers' were either not there or busy. Some other guy showed up, totally unprepared, and said he was just a 'filler' and didn't know much. I had a long, awkward 45-minute break by myself after the second interview. The third interviewer was nice though. Then they told me to leave because the fourth interviewer didn't have time to meet and would call me at 6 PM instead... unbelievable! And it gets worse. The next day (Friday), they called and gave me a verbal offer, we even talked about a start date since I had a job, and they promised a written offer the following week. I contacted them the next Tuesday, and they said there were delays and they weren't sure about the offer. After trying to reach them for two more days, they said they couldn't offer me the job because of budget changes. (This all happened in ONE WEEK. So unprofessional). They were supposed to pay me back for my flights and hotel. It's been over 12 weeks and I still haven't gotten my money back. The team has been totally unresponsive to my emails about reimbursement, I've sent at least four. I finally got through to accounting and they're finally processing it. I've never experienced such unprofessionalism before and I don't know how they operate with such irresponsible people. Sun Edison seems like a great company on the surface, but my experience was just terrible.