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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I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Shell in Feb 2012
Interview
First I got a phone interview. This consisted out of standard questions like your role in different teams and how do you handle conflicts.. Just think of clear examples using the Shell CAR criteria as a reference. In the next part you get to choose a topic out of 4 topics and have to talk about this with the interviewer. Just make sure you see the bigger picture and approach the topic from different angles.
After passing the phone interview I was invited to the assessment days. The first day is filled with a presentation about Shell values and what to expect when taking the assessment. You also practice a case-study. The next day the actual assessment is taken. You get time to prepare for each of the 3 interviews. There is a case-study, a group discussion and an interview with the same kind of format of the phone interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions in the case study were about risk, implications and how to implement solutions. In the group discussion everyone has to answer one question and those are mainly about why you made certain decisions.