Industrial Energy Advisor
Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
Likely interview questions for this role
Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.
About your past
Tell me about a time you closed a sale or won someone over to a project they first resisted.
What they are checking: Whether they have real persuasion and sales experience, which this role leans on heavily.
How do you keep track of dozens of customer relationships and project stages at once?
What they are checking: Whether they have the organization skills to manage a pipeline without things falling through.
Tell me about a presentation you gave to a technical audience. How did you prepare?
What they are checking: Whether they can present clearly to engineers who will question the numbers.
You will work from a home office. How do you stay motivated and productive without a team around you?
What they are checking: Whether they are the self-starter the posting asks for when nobody is checking in daily.
How do you keep up with new energy efficiency technologies?
What they are checking: Whether they stay current enough to be credible with facility and energy engineers.
What would you do
How would you get a meeting with the facility manager at a large plant that has never joined an energy efficiency program?
What they are checking: Whether they have practical outreach skills and can open doors with busy industrial customers.
A plant engineer says efficiency projects are not worth the downtime. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they understand production pressures and can frame projects in terms the plant cares about.
How would you explain an incentive offer to a CFO who mostly cares about payback?
What they are checking: Whether they can speak the language of money and return on investment, not just energy.
How do you work with contractors and suppliers so they bring projects into the program?
What they are checking: Whether they see trade allies as partners who extend their reach across the Milwaukee area.
About the work
Walk me through how you would estimate the energy savings from upgrading a plant's compressed air system.
What they are checking: Whether they can do basic savings math and know where the real waste is in common industrial systems.
What industrial systems would you look at first for efficiency opportunities, and why?
What they are checking: Whether they know where large facilities typically waste energy, such as motors, compressed air, lighting and process heat.
Practice this interview out loud.
Offer builds a real interview for this exact role at Leidos from your resume and this job description, asks the questions one at a time, and tells you what landed. The first one is free.
Practice this out loudThe full job description
As published by Leidos.