Applied online. Phone interview with basic questions: Why Trafigura, tell me about yourself, basic risk and hedging concepts. First round interview in Stamford. They fly you in. Mostly fit questions with a few market related questions about what's currently going on and a little about competitors. Second round is the technical questions; hedging specifics, risks involved.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Discuss what leadership means to you and how you demonstrate leadership.
I applied online. I interviewed at Trafigura (Montevideo) in Oct 2015
Interview
Quite a swift process that totaled to be max 3 months. The first rounds of interviews were held in a friendly and professional manner. The last round of interviews left me confused - the leadership seemed too stressed and irritated to spare their time on the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the latest major events that the company must pay attention to?
Graduate Development Program applicants have rated the interview process at Trafigura with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Graduate Development Program roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Graduate Development Program according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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