I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Trafigura (Houston, TX) in Apr 2012
Interview
Interviewed for Junior Trader Role. It was a first round interview. Second Round would have been in Geneva.
Two interviews. Each with a panel of two current employees, who were mostly traders. It was Saturday. Employees had a full day of non-stop interviews to get through. Three rooms with two interviewers each operated simultaneously.
Aced one interview, but I just could not click with the interviewers in the second room. The first interview I controlled the direction but the second one veered off course, and I could not save it. Partially my fault of course, but also the interviewers were not that great at interviewing either. I was not surprised when I was not selected for the next round, but I felt like with different interviewers I might have been able to convey what a great candidate they were missing out on if they did not choose me.
I was offered no feedback, which I thought was poor form.
Everyone was nice and professional. Jobs at the company are in high demand and they know it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to describe in detail the hedges I would implement to protect myself on a cargo of Petroleum bought today for future delivery in one region on local pricing with intention to deliver if by sea to a different region on totally different pricing.
I applied online. I interviewed at Trafigura (Geneva)
Interview
Problem solving questions, don’t really need to research the industry as much as you think.
On site is two rounds with two groups of two ppl. Second on-site is the same with more senior people
Candidates applying for Junior Trader roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Trafigura overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Trafigura as a Junior Trader according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
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