Energy Economist Interview Questions

1 Name a time when you prepared and delivered presentations to communicate economic and environmental study results, to present policy recommendations, or to raise awareness of environmental consequences.
2 What is the most challenging part of monitoring or analyzing market and environmental trends?
3 Explain to me how you interpret indicators to ascertain the overall health of an environment? Share an example.
4 What kind of experience do you have identifying and recommending environmentally-friendly business practices?
5 How do you stay up to date with new or improved data to write technical documents or academic articles to communicate study results or economic forecasts?
6 Tell me how you write social, legal, or economic impact statements to inform decision-makers for natural resource policies, standards, or programs.
7 What is the most challenging part of writing research proposals and grant applications to obtain private or public funding for environmental and economic studies?
8 Walk me through how you perform complex, dynamic, and integrated mathematical modeling of ecological, environmental, or economic systems.
9 Share what method you have found helpful to develop systems for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting environmental and economic data.
10 What is the secret to develop programs or policy recommendations to promote sustainability and sustainable development?
11 Expound on how you develop environmental research project plans, including information on budgets, goals, deliverables, timelines, and resource requirements.
12 Share an effective approach to develop economic models, forecasts, or scenarios to predict future economic and environmental outcomes.
13 What factors to do you consider when conducting research to study the relationships among environmental problems and patterns of economic production and consumption?
14 Walk me through how you conduct research on economic and environmental topics, such as alternative fuel use, public and private land use, soil conservation, air and water pollution control, and endangered species protection.
15 What kind of experience do you have collecting and analyzing data to compare the environmental implications of economic policy or practice alternatives?