Shell Graduate Program interview questions

There were 2 stages. A psychometric test + recorded video interview and then an assessment centre. If you're a student, please ask your university for access to a website called 'graduates first'. It has a bunch of practice psychometric tests for every company, including Shell's. I practiced that and the same format came up. The style of test were game assessments and work personality questionnaires and extra stuff. It was a while back so I don't exactly remember. A few weeks later, someone from Shell called me and said they liked my CV and wanted to put me through to the final stage. We discussed my interests and what roles they had available so they could assign me to a specific department. The assessment centre was tough. It was an online interview with two employees. I was given a 30 page case study 2 days before hand which I had to fully understand and be prepared with questions. The interview was 3 hours long. The first 1.5 hours involved questions on the case study and started off with them asking me to take 20 minutes to prepare a 5 minute presentation. I was only asked the question in the interview, so I had no clue what they were going to ask within the 2 day prep I had. I prepared beforehand with a SWOT analysis which was insanely useful. They even said later they could tell I had notes which was a plus. The second 1.5 hours of the interview involved behavioural questions. We took a short break before getting onto this part. I received an offer 30 minutes after I finished the assessment. Following that, they worked with me to find a role that suit me best. The department I first chose didn't work out, so they were flexible and found something else that really fit. The salary is extremely fantastic for a graduate scheme It was a total month and a half from when I first applied, but it was an easy to understand process. No messing you about

I think it was the most unpleasant experience for me. First of all, it took an inadequate amount of time. I applied for the program in the middle of August and was only able to hear back from the company for the first time 2 months after! They scheduled an interview with me for a week later. Then I also found the process very inconsistent. Because as I applied for the program, I had to complete right away online assessments which included behavioral questions plus on-demand video interview where you had 3 questions to answer. That one was not hard as you had unlimited time to think on answers and also re-record your answers as much as you’d like. The website stated that should you pass this stage, you will be invited for the last interview with two professionals. So. 2 months after a receive an invitation to an online interview. It got me all confused. The email clearly stated that it was going to be a “get to know you” interview which does not seem like a final one. However, when the interview started, I received very deep technical questions regarding the processes and so on. I couldn’t answer them which is obviously my bad. However, I also find it unfair because I was not even preparing for the technical interview as it clearly stated something else. During the interview the interviewers also confirmed that it was not going to be the last round. I cannot even imagine what questions would be in the last round if they already had hard enough questions for that interview.