Applied via Indeed, and was called the same day to schedule a phone interview. The phone interview was short, perhaps 30 minutes. The phone interview was then followed up by a Skype interview the following week; this interview was very brief -- perhaps 15 minutes. Everything was extremely informal and frankly unprofessional. The interviewer interjected "like" or "umm" into just about every sentence, which is not inherently bad. However, the interviewer displayed a glaring lack of knowledge about energy markets. For instance, when I asked, "How do you see Sector 7 Energy's business being affected by the push for greener energy via legislation such as SB-100," I was forced to explain the bill. Afterwards, her reply was simply that, "we [Sector 7] will do very well, we have a good culture here." When I asked how Sector 7 Energy plans on / is able to compete with larger more established corporations that are on both the generation and retail side of the business and therefore able to hedge energy to / provide risk management services for clients, her answer was that Sector 7's training was "really good." A fair answer except that Sector 7 gives its new hires 5 days of training; whereas fresh analysts at NRG, etc. often receive about 2 years of training before entering a sales role. Eventually, the interviewer apologized for not being able to respond to my questions on the spot, but would be happy to answer any and all questions if I emailed them to her. Sector 7 very well may be a great place to work, and a good fit for many people; however, it is disconcerting when the individual interviewing you does not seem particularly knowledgeable about energy markets. All in all, my interpretation was that working at Sector 7 is a (100% commission based) door to door energy sales job.

The interview was super simple. They called me to set up a 15 minute phone interview. They just ask qualification questions which are "do you have a personal vehicle and insurance" so this is also more of an outside sales role as you go door to door. The role is not real consulting. Basically, if a company wants a lower energy bill, you just call a bunch of energy companies and try to find them a lower rate. Most companies have someone in operations or have the office assistant do that. I wouldn't recommend a role like this to anyone looking to start out their professional career. To continue the disappointment, even though the job description said 50-80k per year, thats not a salary, thats just estimated commission earnings. Also under benefits it says "all holidays off" and my interview was on a holiday so I'm not sure what holidays they mean but they need to work on having a more qualified job posting. The role wasn't a fit for me & I withdrew from the interview process.