I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Shell in Nov 2014
Interview
I applied for Shell graduate program. There was an online application and online assessment, after which there was an HR interview. The HR interview consisted of three parts:
a) behavorial questions asking for 6-7 specific examples of certain conditions (e.g. give an example where you had to work under pressure to achieve something, give an example where you had to convince your present boss to change some decision, give an example where you had to show cultural awareness to complete a particular project, etc.)
b) questions regarding Shell (e.g. why do you want to join Shell, what research have you done for the company position, etc.)
c) asking questions to the interviewer.
The interview took about 45 mins.
This is followed by a Shell Recruitment Day. I will be able to review the process after I attend the SRD.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give an example where you had to show cultural awareness to complete a particular project.
I applied online. I interviewed at Shell in Oct 2014
Interview
Online application (general questions like where do you live, what schools you've finished etc)
Online Assesment (2 parts)
They sent me an online assesment that is consisted of two parts. The second one is sent by email about 30 mins after you finish the first one. The firt part is all about you and how you see yourself. The second part is tricky. You need to be really ready. It is not that hard though but I still recommend practicing some questions before the assesment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions were super hard to do in 18 minutes. Can't remember any question, but I strongly advice you to practice solving problems about complicated graphs.
I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Shell in Jan 2014
Interview
I am a health and safety recent grad (masters). I applied on-line in January 2014. By the end of the month I completed three on-line assessments: 2 general questionnaires that were not timed and 1 timed numeracy test, which I found rather difficult because of the time pressure. An e-mail confirmed that I passed this stage and that I would be contacted for the next step in “due time”. Then there was the wait – sometime during May I tried contacting the Recruitment department but I was ignored; LinkedIn comments during various “discover us” events were also ignored. In my mind I was thinking I was waiting a line of some sort but then by late July (6 months later) I received a standard rejection letter. And to add to my sorrow, one week after a health and safety position was posted for Fort Mac requiring minimum 2yrs of experience and my application was rejected the following day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Timed numeracy test - lots of numbers, tables and graphs but very little time. Same test regardless of your background. Impossible to pass if you are not good with numbers.