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California ISO interviews FAQs
Common stages of the interview process at California ISO as a Associate Market Validation and Quality Analyst according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 100%
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I applied in-person. I interviewed at California ISO (Folsom, CA) in Dec 2019
Interview
I was a contractor at CAISO and applied online and talked to the manager and HR in person and got an interview 2 weeks after applying. The panel interview was one hour long and it was all technical.
Because the questions were hard, after the interview I asked a few managers and lead engineers the same questions and they didn't know the answers either.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What is your experience with mixed-integer linear programming?
2. Explain and compare different types of ancillary services in DAM.
3. Why is there Pmin constraint for a thermal generator?
4. What are some techniques for mitigating congestion in transmission lines?
5. What is your experience with data analysis.
6. Explain the algorithm for creating a sparse matrix in solving for power flow ( I know it's vague, right?)
7. What is your experience with power flow?
8. Explain market power mitigation.
9. What is LMP?
10. A few hypothetical questions about contingencies.