I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Octopus Energy (Brighton, England) in Jun 2021
Interview
There are several stages to the interview process for the energy specialist role at Octopus. You'll have an initial chat with a member of the Instant Impact team (I had Tayla, who was fantastic throughout!). You are sent mathematical and verbal reasoning/ability tests which you have to complete. These are relatively easy but require a little bit of brushing up on basic skills that you might have forgotten. There's then an interview with your member of the Instant Impact team which is all very friendly and for which you receive useful feedback.
If successful, you are invited for a 'Discovery Day', which is all about evaluating your teamwork capabilities, ability to think quickly, and just a general evaluation of whether you'd be a suitable candidate for the role. Tayla was great and advised me throughout this process. There are several aspects; a customer service task, a research task, and an interview with an Octopus employee, with a Q&A too with other members of the team too.
You then have a final interview with an employee at the office to which you're applying, which again is very relaxed and friendly. I was then offered the job a the end of the interview.
Overall, it's quite an intense process with many stages, but you're talked through everything by your Instant Impact partner and it's a lot less daunting than it seems.
I interviewed at Octopus Energy (Ancarano, Abruzzo)
Interview
Un primo colloquio in presenza, un test online, un secondo colloquio in presenza, ho parlato con due diverse selezionatrici che mi hanno fatto domande sul mio percorso fino ad allora, sulle mie attitudini e valori, sul perché ho scelto Octopus
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Octopus Energy
Interview
Tuve dos entrevistas con talent y con OPS manager y TL. Me sentí muy cómoda en todo momento, me dieron la posibilidad de expresar mis motivaciones para unirme a Octopus y me escucharon activamente en todo momento. Fueron muy rápidos también en confirmarme .
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Question 1
Cuéntanos un poco tu experiencia profesional previa
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Octopus Energy (Málaga) in Jun 2026
Interview
Ha sido un excelente proceso de selección. Desde la descripción de la vacante, hasta el día de la entrevista. Realmente todo ha sido muy familiar y amigable. Cuentan con un grupo de trabajo que lo hace todo muy dinámico y eso es de valorarlo. ¡Muchas gracias!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
-Experiencia en el cargo
-Que expectativas tenía sobre la empresa
-Como afrontaría un momento de presion con el cliente
Energy Specialist applicants have rated the interview process at Octopus Energy with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 99% positive. To compare, the company-average is 90.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Energy Specialist roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 75 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Octopus Energy overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Octopus Energy as a Energy Specialist according to 75 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 17%
Phone interview: 16%
Skills test: 16%
Background check: 15%
Presentation: 6%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Other: 3%
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