I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Trafigura (Houston, TX)
Interview
Fast-paced, but overall very normal. Interviewed with desk/division heads, then two from graduate program. Lots and lots of interviewees. Pretty popular company around the Houston area. Worth checking out some of the other companies in the industry, although very few have actual apprenticeship programs like Trafigura.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Lots of behavioral questions, a single fermi estimation... mainly behavioral
The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Trafigura in Jul 2022
Interview
1) Random phone call from HR talent acquisition team ask a simple question e.g”how do ship something from somewhere to elsewhere”
2) face to Face/Zoom interviews (2 Groups of people) (Perhaps Trade Finance + Ops(bulk) (Risk + Ops(other commodity)
3) 2nd F2F/zoom(probably last) (2 Groups as well)
(Trader + Head of smth) than will be ( Both head of Smth)
(Singapore based Apprentice questions)
In conclusion total 4 interviews + one phone call
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Questions from First interviews(both groups): Barrels how many litres ; etc , just be aware not much characteristic/behavioural questions a lot of technicals . (E.g how to ship coal from India to America) .
Questions from 2nd Group ; From traders financial questions how do you hedge , etc backwardation/contango ; From Global heads ; why ship feathers instead of using air freight ? (Other than the cost) ? Critical thinking , also questions like “how many lights are there in this This building”
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Trafigura
Interview
3 rounds
Telephone
London Office
Last round in Geneva.
Interviews range from general motivational and aptitude questions to math exercises.
The process itself was pretty demanding and required at least some prerequisite knowledge of commodities sector.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Motivation, reasons to choose Trafigura over university etc.
Candidates applying for Apprentice roles take an average of 21 days 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.
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Group panel interview: 50%
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