Integrated Supply and Trading

First stage of the process requires taking three online tests (numerical, verbal and personality). The numerical and verbal tests were straight forward and I found them very easy. Personality test consisted of a series of questions in which you had to answer on scales of how true/likely it was (e.g. sometimes, likely, very likely). An example of a questions asked was "Do you enjoy working in a fast paced and pressured environment". Straight forward and no hard questions. Be careful not to contradict yourself if trying to answer what you think they want to hear.

After passing the tests, I was invited in for an interview. My 1 on 1 interview was with a head of trading, although a friend was interviewed by HR so interviewer can vary. Interview consisted of mainly competency questions and the interviewer had a booklet in front of him filled with competency questions on different topics (teamwork, leadership etc) and was just randomly firing them at me. Number of trading related questions were limited and were just the basic ones such as "Why Integrated Supply and Trading" and "What interests you about this industry".

Once the interview had finished, I was taken to a 'classroom' with the other candidates being interviewed on that day. We were all given a presentation/talk about the oil and gas industry and BP's involvement in the various stages of oil/gas exploration and production. The candidates were then set up on a simulated trading system which we competed against eachother in.This was very simple, a series of news items come up on the screen and we had to decide how much of the oil to buy/sell based on the news items (weather, natural disasters etc). You could see the prices fluctuating and your profits on the screen but none of the other candidates so no idea how well you were doing compared to the others. This concluded the interview day and we were told we would be contacted shortly about the outcome of the interview.

I was rejected after the interview but a friend advanced onto the next stage. Can't give too much detail as it wasn't me. All I know is that he was asked to give a 5 minute presentation about somebody inspirational in front of a room of BP staff (mixture of HR and heads of trading afaik).