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AES is an Arlington, Virginia based Fortune 500 power generation and utility company (with large Latin American operations in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Panama, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic). Its most publicly documented hiring path is the Energy4Talent global trainee program, which uses a multi-stage funnel: application questionnaire, an online HireVue assessment (video questions plus logic games), a virtual group assessment on a renewable-energy prompt, an in-person or virtual business panel with senior leaders, and finally a short individual interview with HR and a business leader. Experienced hires into power plant operator, electrical/protection engineering, project development, and corporate finance roles appear to run through more conventional HR screen plus hiring-manager plus technical panel loops, but almost no first-person writeups of those loops surface on the sources this harvest is allowed to use.

AES Corporation’s official process

AES documents its Energy4Talent graduate trainee funnel as seven steps: (1) application and questionnaire capturing school, major, graduation and English level; (2) an online HireVue assessment with video interview questions plus logic and problem-solving games; (3) a virtual group assessment in cohorts of ~20-25 candidates that includes an AES presentation and a collaborative activity on a renewable-energy prompt; (4) a business panel of 10-15 candidates with senior leaders, including a personal presentation with visuals, executive Q&A, and a group case exercise; (5) a ~30 minute individual interview with an HR member and a business leader for the top 2-3 candidates per role; (6) offer letters coordinated by HR; (7) an in-person plus virtual onboarding. AES's own careers site and the University of Virginia career-center posting for the 2027 US Corp and Renewables cohort both describe the same funnel, with a roughly three-month timeline and a January program start.

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What AES Corporation is hiring for now

120 open roles in our index · advertised pay floors run $87k-$113k (median $105k, from 46 postings that state pay).

Most-posted roles

  • Construction Manager4
  • Investment Planning Intern - Summer 20272
  • Co-Op - Substation Engineer - Engineering Services (Spring 2027)2
  • Co-op - T&D standards Power Systems - (Fall 2027)2
  • Investment Planning Co-Op Engineer - Fall 20272
  • Senior Internal Auditor2

Top locations

  • Dayton24
  • Indianapolis24
  • Arlington10
  • Louisville8
  • Locust Grove2

Commonly tested topics

Behavioral·STAR stories·Case study·Domain knowledge·Safety procedures

Interview experiences at AES Corporation

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AES Corporation interviews: FAQ

What is the interview process like at AES Corporation?
AES is an Arlington, Virginia based Fortune 500 power generation and utility company (with large Latin American operations in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Panama, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic). Its most publicly documented hiring path is the Energy4Talent global trainee program, which uses a multi-stage funnel: application questionnaire, an online HireVue assessment (video questions plus logic games), a virtual group assessment on a renewable-energy prompt, an in-person or virtual business panel with senior leaders, and finally a short individual interview with HR and a business leader. Experienced hires into power plant operator, electrical/protection engineering, project development, and corporate finance roles appear to run through more conventional HR screen plus hiring-manager plus technical panel loops, but almost no first-person writeups of those loops surface on the sources this harvest is allowed to use.
What topics does AES Corporation test in interviews?
Commonly reported topics include Behavioral, STAR stories, Case study, Domain knowledge, Safety procedures.

These guides summarize public, first-hand interview experiences shared by candidates. They describe the shape of each loop and the topics that came up, not a leaked question bank, and every experience links back to its original source. Processes change often. Treat this as directional prep, not a script.