I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at ScottishPower (Croy, Scotland)
Interview
Online App,
Online Psychometric test,
Telephone Interview,
Assessment Center,
Offer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SHL Psychometric test,
Telephone Interview:
Why do you wanna work for SP?
What do u know about SP?
What sector have you applied for?
Give an example of team work and how you contributed?
(There was one more but i have forgotten now)
Assessment Center:
Report writing on a situation: 75 mins exercise. mine was on a company to take up a new scheme and you had to analyse some simple data then write a report on your recommendations.
presentation: present you report...
Group Exercise...everyone is briefed on a situation then u have a personal brief as well. you have read and understand the common brief and the one given to you in 10 minutes... then have a 60 mins or so of group discussion.
One to one interview: Competency questions on their business behaviors:
team work
difficult member
most challenging thing
the usual stuff
1 / 2 technical depending on the stream you have applied for.
Lunch for you to mingle with the staff
Simple application, followed by online tests, classic numerical reasoning mainly. Then onto a video interview which was 2 minutes per answer and recorded, so just talking to the screen.
Overall, very standard.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at ScottishPower (Glasgow, Scotland) in Nov 2019
Interview
Video interview. Allowed re-recording of your answers. Process did take a couple of weeks to get to that stage. Had to pass a competency based online assessment first. Application was submitted online.
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at ScottishPower (Hoylake, England) in Dec 2015
Interview
-Online application similar to others for this type of role, CV, covering letter and some basic questions about what you could bring to the role.
-Telephone Interview - relatively short (15 mins) telephone interview, mainly competency questions and nothing difficult.
-Assessment centre - 3 main parts (interview, analytical exercise and presentation, group exercise). Interview mainly focussed on why Scottish Power, what you could bring to role and competency questions. Analytical exercise on a proposed benefits scheme was simple but the strict time limit added pressure, presented results from the analytical exercise to a small group and answered questions based on the presentation. Group exercise was a discussion with each candidate taking up a role given to them, had to discuss the potential of investing in new technologies.
-FInal interview - again questions on what you know about Scottish Power and why you want to work there. Technical questions based mainly on maintenance practices within power stations.
Overall the whole experience was good, everyone was nice and helpful however I would say that you should make sure you understand the role you are applying for and where you will be based should you be given an offer, as I feel it wasn't made clear to candidates from the beginning.