Industrial Ecologist Interview Questions

16 Describe an experience when you provided industrial managers with technical materials on environmental issues, regulatory guidelines, or compliance actions.
17 How would you promote use of environmental management systems (EMS) to reduce waste or to improve environmentally sound use of natural resources? Share an example.
18 Walk me through how you would plan or conduct field research on topics such as industrial production, industrial ecology, population ecology, and environmental production or sustainability.
19 What is the most challenging part of identifying or comparing the component parts or relationships between the parts of industrial, social, and natural systems?
20 Share your approach to examine local, regional or global use and flow of materials or energy in industrial production processes.
21 Name a time when you evaluated the effectiveness of industrial ecology programs using statistical analysis and applications.
22 Describe ways you develop alternative energy investment scenarios to compare economic and environmental costs and benefits.
23 What have you found to be the best way to conduct analyses to determine the maximum amount of work that can be accomplished for a given amount of energy in a system, such as industrial production systems and waste treatment systems?
24 Describe an experience when you applied new or existing research about natural ecosystems to understand economic and industrial systems in the context of the environment.