Residential Energy Product Strategy Intern - MN, WI
Posted Sep 14, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
This internship focuses on trade strategy, research coordination and program satisfaction for residential energy products. Which of those interests you most?
What they are checking: Whether they read the posting and can explain a preference
You're asked to present a finding to people who know far more about the subject than you. How do you prepare?
What they are checking: Whether they can prepare well to present to experts, since presenting and facilitating findings is something the posting asks interns to do.
The posting names demonstrated leadership through coursework, student organizations, work or community involvement. Tell me about a time you led something.
What they are checking: Whether they can show real leadership from school, work or community, since the posting names demonstrated leadership as a preferred quality.
What do you want to be able to do by the end of this internship that you can't do today?
What they are checking: Whether they have a concrete goal for what they want to learn, which shows they'll make the most of the internship term.
What would you do
You're given a project and the instructions are vague. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they ask clarifying questions when instructions are vague, because guessing is the most common way early-career work goes wrong.
The role is full time up to forty hours a week in summer and part time up to twenty in term, in person at the designated location in Minnesota or Wisconsin, starting May 24, 2027 and requiring junior standing or higher. Does that fit your plans?
What they are checking: Whether the hours, in-person location, start date and class standing all genuinely work for them, so there are no surprises after an offer.
About the work
The role involves coordinating research from third-party sources. How would you judge whether an outside report is any good?
What they are checking: Whether they judge outside research critically rather than accepting it at face value, since product strategy depends on trustworthy sources.
Tell me about a time you used data to support a decision, even in coursework.
What they are checking: Whether they have actually used data to support a decision, since the posting prefers analytical skills and strategy work depends on evidence.
How would you go about finding out whether customers are actually satisfied with a program?
What they are checking: Whether they think about how to measure customer satisfaction meaningfully, rather than just reporting a single score that may hide real problems.
The posting names PowerPoint and Excel specifically. What's the best deck or model you've built?
What they are checking: Whether their PowerPoint and Excel skills are real, shown by something they built, since the posting names both tools specifically.
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