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Shell Shell Graduate Program Interview Questions and Answers
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11 Dec 2015
Shell Shell Graduate Program Interview Experiences
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Interview Questionnaire
3 Questions
- Q1. Tell me about yourself?
- Q2. Why did you apply for shell?
- Ans.
I applied for Shell because of its reputation as a leading energy company and its commitment to sustainability.
Attracted to Shell's reputation as a leading energy company
Impressed by Shell's commitment to sustainability and reducing carbon emissions
Excited about the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a positive impact
Interested in the diverse range of career opportunities within the company
- Q3. Why did you choose to apply in an energy sector?
- Ans.
I chose to apply in the energy sector because of my interest in sustainable development and the potential for innovation in the field.
Passionate about sustainable development
Interested in the potential for innovation in the energy sector
Believe that energy is a critical component of modern society
Excited about the opportunity to contribute to a cleaner, more efficient energy future
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Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: A scenario/problem was given with four options/solutions out of which the best and the worst had to be chosen after which each option was to be rated on the scale of 5.
Duration: 80 min minutes
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: There was an E-tray round before the main interview.This was a case study interview the time constraint was of one hour. About 12 mails were sent containing scenarios with four options, here again the best and worst option was to be chosen and also all the options were to be rated on the scale of 5.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: In this round a scenario was to be analysed with four options, we had to mention the advantages, the disadvantages of each option and also mention the risks involved in choosing each.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The interviewers completely analysed my resume questioning me about the projects(including my B.Tech project) and my internship that i undertook. To each point in my resume related to my projects or interviews i had to detail as to what problems I faced ,how i overcame them and who were the stake holders involved. They were keen to know my experience in being a part of a team and leading one.
General Tips: My experience in different case-study competitions and doing a detailed study on the company's background helped me in my interview.
Skill Tips: Courses related to petroleum profile were helpful.
Skills: Spontaneity, Logical Thinking, Ability to make quick calculations.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: A scenario/problem was given with four options/solutions out of which the best and the worst had to be chosen after which each option was to be rated on the scale of 5.
Duration: 80 min minutes
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: There was an E-tray round before the main interview.This was a case study interview the time constraint was of one hour. About 12 mails were sent containing scenarios with four options, here again the best and worst option was to be chosen and also all the options were to be rated on the scale of 5.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: In this round a scenario was to be analysed with four options, we had to mention the advantages, the disadvantages of each option and also mention the risks involved in choosing each.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The interviewers completely analysed my resume questioning me about the projects(including my B.Tech project) and my internship that i undertook. To each point in my resume related to my projects or interviews i had to detail as to what problems I faced ,how i overcame them and who were the stake holders involved. They were keen to know my experience in being a part of a team and leading one.
General Tips: My experience in different case-study competitions and doing a detailed study on the company's background helped me in my interview.
Skill Tips: Courses related to petroleum profile were helpful.
Skills: Spontaneity, Logical Thinking, Ability to make quick calculations.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Initial shortlist is done based on an online application.
Round: Interview
Experience: The first interview is a technical round that lasts for about an hour. After the initial shortlisting, the students are asked to submit a write up on two projects of their choice. During the interview, questions are asked regarding all the aspects of any of the projects. During the interview, questions like your contribution are asked. Generally, questions are related to the current affairs or social topics and the approach towards them.
Tips: More emphasis on the projects done and the special skill sets the candidate possesses is needed.Thorough knowledge of core subjects for technical round is necessary.
Really good projects.
Round: Interview
Experience: The second round is a case study round. A case study based on the business model of Shell is given. The candidate is given 90 minutes to go through it and prepare a presentation for five minutes. The presentation is followed by a question and answer session. The candidate is judged on the solution presented, the technical knowledge and confidence.
Tips: Problem solving approach. Practise case studies, understand the business problems.
General Tips: General knowledge
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Initial shortlist is done based on an online application.
Round: Interview
Experience: The first interview is a technical round that lasts for about an hour. After the initial shortlisting, the students are asked to submit a write up on two projects of their choice. During the interview, questions are asked regarding all the aspects of any of the projects. During the interview, questions like your contribution are asked. Generally, questions are related to the current affairs or social topics and the approach towards them.
Tips: More emphasis on the projects done and the special skill sets the candidate possesses is needed.Thorough knowledge of core subjects for technical round is necessary.
Really good projects.
Round: Interview
Experience: The second round is a case study round. A case study based on the business model of Shell is given. The candidate is given 90 minutes to go through it and prepare a presentation for five minutes. The presentation is followed by a question and answer session. The candidate is judged on the solution presented, the technical knowledge and confidence.
Tips: Problem solving approach. Practise case studies, understand the business problems.
General Tips: General knowledge
College Name: IIT Madras
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: A statement will be given with 4 options and the examinee has to rate himself/herself on a scale of 1 to 5 for each option. Questions were testing them whether they good team player or not, if he/she can work well without relying on others etc.18 questions were there ,all are objective.
Duration: Untimed minute
Round: Test
Experience: A situation will be given with 4 -5 outcomes, we have to choose the most feasible option. Check for the feasibility, efficiency for the best option. Around 18-20 questions, all are objective.
Duration: Untimed minute
Round: Test
Experience: Data interpretation questions were asked. No core knowledge was tested. Pie charts, data comparing the statistics were given, how much % growth and which product got sold more were asked. 16 questions in 18 minutes.
Duration: 18 minutes
General Tips: Mock interviews with friends. Attended IAR mock interview in career connect also.
Skill Tips: No core knowledge is required except for basic chemical engineering concept.
Skills: CAR Capacity Achievement Relationship,
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: A statement will be given with 4 options and the examinee has to rate himself/herself on a scale of 1 to 5 for each option. Questions were testing them whether they good team player or not, if he/she can work well without relying on others etc.18 questions were there ,all are objective.
Duration: Untimed minute
Round: Test
Experience: A situation will be given with 4 -5 outcomes, we have to choose the most feasible option. Check for the feasibility, efficiency for the best option. Around 18-20 questions, all are objective.
Duration: Untimed minute
Round: Test
Experience: Data interpretation questions were asked. No core knowledge was tested. Pie charts, data comparing the statistics were given, how much % growth and which product got sold more were asked. 16 questions in 18 minutes.
Duration: 18 minutes
General Tips: Mock interviews with friends. Attended IAR mock interview in career connect also.
Skill Tips: No core knowledge is required except for basic chemical engineering concept.
Skills: CAR Capacity Achievement Relationship,
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It is a standard psychometric test which asks you questions about your personality. There are 4 statements in each set and you are asked whether or not you agree with the given statements.
Tips: Be honest while answering the questions as quite a few of them are reworded and repeated over the course of the test.
Round: Test
Experience: The first test puts you in the shoes of a Shell graduate and presents 4 potential responses to a situation, of which you have to rate each one on a scale of highly productive to counter productive and mark the options which you are most and least likely to employ.
The second test is a standard data interpretation based aptitude test where you have to answer 16 questions in 18 minutes. The questions take a good amount of time to complete, so a bit of practice on data interpretation is recommended before attempting the test.
Tips: Shell's website has example questions for each round of tests, it is recommended that you go through the questions once to familiarize yourself with the kind of questions asked.
Round: E-Tray Case study
Experience: This round places you as a manager on a Shell project in a fictional region. You are given a set of documents
College Name: IIT Bombay
Experience: It is a standard psychometric test which asks you questions about your personality. There are 4 statements in each set and you are asked whether or not you agree with the given statements.
Tips: Be honest while answering the questions as quite a few of them are reworded and repeated over the course of the test.
Round: Test
Experience: The first test puts you in the shoes of a Shell graduate and presents 4 potential responses to a situation, of which you have to rate each one on a scale of highly productive to counter productive and mark the options which you are most and least likely to employ.
The second test is a standard data interpretation based aptitude test where you have to answer 16 questions in 18 minutes. The questions take a good amount of time to complete, so a bit of practice on data interpretation is recommended before attempting the test.
Tips: Shell's website has example questions for each round of tests, it is recommended that you go through the questions once to familiarize yourself with the kind of questions asked.
Round: E-Tray Case study
Experience: This round places you as a manager on a Shell project in a fictional region. You are given a set of documents
College Name: IIT Bombay
Interview Questionnaire
1 Question
- Q1. Introduction to Shell
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Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The questions asked will test your personality, psychology.It’s a MCQ test having 4 choices.We have to solve 120 Questions in 1 hour duration
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 120
Round: Test
Experience: It’s a basic level test and you should write it from your hostel rooms.This test is used to judge our speed at solving simple problems. 20 questions will have to be answered in 20 minutes.
Tips: TIME material will be useful to crack this test. Make sure you bring calculators for the test
Duration: 20 minutes
Total Questions: 20
Round: Other Interview
Experience: The questions will be of the kind: Why do you want to apply for the shell? Why should we recruit you? After the 3 tests the company will shortlist the candidates for the interview.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The shortlisted candidates will be having a casestudy 1 day before the interview. In this casestudy you need to show team spirit to them.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Technical interview is the final challenge. Mostly interview is done by HR ,where questions from your test 1 will be asked and thereby check your personality (do not write fabricated answers in test 1 as they are related to your personality).
Tips: If you think you have a chance of getting selected after 3 tests, put in your full efforts, or else it would be impossible to get a spot.Selection will be based on overall score of tests, casestudy and interview. It will not be based only on interview. Be thorough with the project /internship mentioned in your resume. They will ask you a lot of questions on this point. So be well prepared on your internship/project work.Make sure that you are consistent, honest in your interview because they will judge you from the answers in psychometric test.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: The questions asked will test your personality, psychology.It’s a MCQ test having 4 choices.We have to solve 120 Questions in 1 hour duration
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 120
Round: Test
Experience: It’s a basic level test and you should write it from your hostel rooms.This test is used to judge our speed at solving simple problems. 20 questions will have to be answered in 20 minutes.
Tips: TIME material will be useful to crack this test. Make sure you bring calculators for the test
Duration: 20 minutes
Total Questions: 20
Round: Other Interview
Experience: The questions will be of the kind: Why do you want to apply for the shell? Why should we recruit you? After the 3 tests the company will shortlist the candidates for the interview.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The shortlisted candidates will be having a casestudy 1 day before the interview. In this casestudy you need to show team spirit to them.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Technical interview is the final challenge. Mostly interview is done by HR ,where questions from your test 1 will be asked and thereby check your personality (do not write fabricated answers in test 1 as they are related to your personality).
Tips: If you think you have a chance of getting selected after 3 tests, put in your full efforts, or else it would be impossible to get a spot.Selection will be based on overall score of tests, casestudy and interview. It will not be based only on interview. Be thorough with the project /internship mentioned in your resume. They will ask you a lot of questions on this point. So be well prepared on your internship/project work.Make sure that you are consistent, honest in your interview because they will judge you from the answers in psychometric test.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016. There were 2 interview rounds.
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR was really friendly and discussed resume in detail.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Had more discussion on technical terms on resume.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Asked questions on Programming and questions related to course work mentioned in the resume. The interview was completely candidate driven.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: HR was really friendly and discussed resume in detail.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Had more discussion on technical terms on resume.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Asked questions on Programming and questions related to course work mentioned in the resume. The interview was completely candidate driven.
College Name: IIT Madras
Shell HR Interview Questions
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016. There were 2 interview rounds.
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR was really friendly and asked about projects in the resume.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interviewer asked questions related to programming and algorithms.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interviewer asked all technical details inside the resume. This round was more technical. More emphasis was on problem solving skills.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: HR was really friendly and asked about projects in the resume.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interviewer asked questions related to programming and algorithms.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interviewer asked all technical details inside the resume. This round was more technical. More emphasis was on problem solving skills.
College Name: IIT Madras
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016. There were 4 interview rounds.
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: There were totally 8 sections to the test. But they could be broadly put under 4 categories. Firstly all questions were compulsory to attempt and there was no negative marking. Aptitude: Basic quantitative math questions were asked. There was one simple programming question where one could code in C/Java in your local IDE and upload the code file. It was a DO or DIE question, either you get the question and proceed to the next questions of the test or the test gets stopped if the code is not successfully compiled within 5 attempts. This programming question, as was told was an important criteria to filter out candidates for the next round. There was a descriptive question asking about a recent team project done.
Tips: Achievements in sports and other extra curricular activities are valued. Mention them in the resume, if applicable.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: In this round, they look for the candidate's experience in coding in whatever language mentioned in the resume - I was asked to write some simple codes in c. I was also asked to explain some projects from the resume.
Tips: basic knowledge of data structures, resume preparation
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: In this round, the questions were mostly based on the resume and the projects done. Also, HR questions like What do you know about Schlumberger, How do you perform in a team, What makes you unique from the other candidates etc. were asked. They also ask if you have any questions from your side - Better to ask questions if you have one or if you can't think upon any specific question, ask them a doubt from whatever they have said(usually they say a lot about their company and principles before they ask you for questions)
Tips: Prepare for a HR interview separately, resume preparation
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: There were totally 8 sections to the test. But they could be broadly put under 4 categories. Firstly all questions were compulsory to attempt and there was no negative marking. Aptitude: Basic quantitative math questions were asked. There was one simple programming question where one could code in C/Java in your local IDE and upload the code file. It was a DO or DIE question, either you get the question and proceed to the next questions of the test or the test gets stopped if the code is not successfully compiled within 5 attempts. This programming question, as was told was an important criteria to filter out candidates for the next round. There was a descriptive question asking about a recent team project done.
Tips: Achievements in sports and other extra curricular activities are valued. Mention them in the resume, if applicable.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: In this round, they look for the candidate's experience in coding in whatever language mentioned in the resume - I was asked to write some simple codes in c. I was also asked to explain some projects from the resume.
Tips: basic knowledge of data structures, resume preparation
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: In this round, the questions were mostly based on the resume and the projects done. Also, HR questions like What do you know about Schlumberger, How do you perform in a team, What makes you unique from the other candidates etc. were asked. They also ask if you have any questions from your side - Better to ask questions if you have one or if you can't think upon any specific question, ask them a doubt from whatever they have said(usually they say a lot about their company and principles before they ask you for questions)
Tips: Prepare for a HR interview separately, resume preparation
College Name: IIT Madras
I appeared for an interview in Dec 2016.
Interview Questionnaire
3 Questions
- Q1. Tell me about yourself
- Q2. Why did you quit the last job
- Ans.
I left my last job to pursue new opportunities for growth and development.
Seeking new challenges and opportunities for career advancement
Desire for professional growth and development
Company restructuring or downsizing
Relocation to a new city or country
Toxic work environment or lack of job satisfaction
- Q3. Can you work in shifts?
- Ans.
Yes, I am able to work in shifts as required for the role of a Business Analyst.
I am flexible and adaptable to different work schedules.
I have previous experience working in shifts in my previous roles.
I understand the importance of meeting project deadlines and am willing to work outside regular hours if needed.
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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Apr 2021. There was 1 interview round.
Round 1 - Technical
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Conflict management questions
- Q2. Team work and attitude
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How to prepare for Shell Shell Graduate Program interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Shell. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Shell expect are Environment, CFD, Chemical Engineering, Climate Change and Commercial Operations.
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