I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SSE (Perth, Scotland) in Feb 2025
Interview
1st Stage: Informal process. Covered the bases of the role and expectations. Personality check if I would be a good fit for the company and role.
2nd Stage: Competency Based: Covered previous experience, interlinked these with project management practices. Lots of questions around overcoming challenges, working with high profile stakeholders, the demands of the role.
Overall, a very good experience, although no offer was provided.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me a time when you worked with a challenging stakeholder.
Initial interview then longer one with presentation. Process worked well for bookings etc and staff I met were very friendly and professional. It was a good experience overall with a bit of a delay hearing result.
The process took 1 week. I interviewed at SSE (Reading, England) in Mar 2023
Interview
Process was scant. Interviewed by someone who was clueless and clearly never working on projects before. Disappointing experience. They asked lots and lots and lots of silly and pointless questions. Didn't know the difference between Agile and Waterfall and just kept making it up as they went. It was embarrassing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you tell me the difference between a risk and an issue?