SScottishPower·Software Engineer

ScottishPower Software Engineer interview experience

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Cumbernauld, ScotlandPosted Apr 2014 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After submitting the online application by late November, I took verbal, numerical, and logical reasoning tests, then completed an SJT.

In early January, I had a competence-based telephone interview that lasted about 25 minutes. They asked two competency questions tied to teamwork and working under tight deadlines, and it didn’t feel overly complicated—just focused.

My assessment day was in mid March, and it ended up being huge, with six parts. The first was a 75-minute written exercise where I had to write a report about a vacation allowance in the benefits package, then suggest whether my department should adopt it, including reasons, the challenges it might create, and how to solve them. After that, I prepared a

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