Senior Associate, Development
Posted Jul 10, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a lease or easement negotiation you led. What was hard about it?
What they are checking: Whether they have real experience securing site control and can talk honestly about difficult landowner situations.
Describe a time you had to decide whether to keep spending money on a project or stop.
What they are checking: Whether they can make hard calls on development spending instead of holding onto a project that will not work.
How do you work with interconnection, permitting and environmental teams to keep a project moving?
What they are checking: Whether they lead coordination across specialists rather than waiting for each team to report back.
What would you do
A neighbor group starts organizing against your project in a rural county. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they engage early and respectfully, since local opposition can end a project regardless of its economics.
You are juggling several projects at different stages. How do you decide where to spend your week?
What they are checking: Whether they prioritize based on deadlines and value, since development has many moving parts at once.
About the work
What makes developing solar, wind and battery projects in Iowa and the Midwest different from other regions?
What they are checking: Whether they understand the local market, grid operators, land use and community dynamics in the region they would cover.
Walk me through how you would build a competitive pricing strategy for a project bidding into a utility RFP.
What they are checking: Whether they connect project costs, resource quality and market prices to a bid that can win and still make money.
How would you manage a resource assessment for a new wind site?
What they are checking: Whether they understand met towers, data quality and energy yield estimates that drive project value.
What power market trends in the Midwest are you watching, and how might they affect new projects?
What they are checking: Whether they follow market signals like prices, congestion and capacity needs that shape which projects make sense.
What would you look for in a fatal flaw review before recommending a new prospect?
What they are checking: Whether they know the early risks that kill projects and check for them before spending real money.
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