Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Shell as 33.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Graduate Program and Operation Support rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Graduate Program and Operation Support roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Shell takes an average of 30 days when considering 3 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Materials and Corrosion Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 30 days), whereas Materials and Corrosion Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 30 days).
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Overall, very good process, well organized from top to bottom. Starting from the initial website and information, all is very well done and has considerably fewer glitches than other firms which use Kenexa or Taleo networks.
The phone interview was probably the toughest I ever had, as they go further beyond the normal CBI type of interviews.
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Question 1
Give your view of the challenges and opportunities for the company.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Shell (Aberdeen, Scozia) in Nov 2011
Interview
Was a long telephone interview consisting of a few questions. This was then followed by a weeks trial period. The starting process was much like being thrown into the frying pan as there was not much training provided, although the job was not too difficult and was picked up quite easily. Many of the staff were very helpful in assisting with me picking up the job.
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Question 1
How do you handle foreign employees who do not understand english?
Applied with my resumee, got an invitation a week later, the interview another two weeks later. It was a single interview of an hour for a graduate internship. The interview was short and efficiënt: a few questions about my study phase, followed by questions to test my ability to predict my behavior as a manager based on past experience and a business case. The interviewer was able to give me elaborate feedback by phone, after I'd asked for it.
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Question 1
Business case; "Imagine you're the CEO. Think of the issue 'Local Governments'." Follow-up questions were basically 'What are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats'.