Trafigura Interview Questions
The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.
The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.
The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.
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The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.
The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.
The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.
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- Very Difficult
The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.
The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.
The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.
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Interview Questions & Answers - Trafigura Examples
Commodity Trading Graduate Interview - Oil & Gas
2) Phone Screening, asking some questions for Trafi and about you (around 5-10 Minutes)
3) 2x 45 Minute Interviews with 2 people each time (Most of them Junior and Mid-Level Executives, asking about your experience and a couple of technical questions)
4) Final Stage with 2x 45 Minute interviews with 2 people each time with some Managers or Senior Level employees where you are given 10 minutes to present a project given a couple of days ago and after that answering to questions and some other technicals.
Analyst Interview - Oil & Gas
Oil Operations Interview Interview - Energy
Some main questions were-
Inco Terms, Contracts, Futures and options for hedging, bill of loading
Trader Interview - Commodities
2. Describe one of your recent research report.
3. How to persuade a client when they ask for a lower price and a longer payment period?(If a lower price and a longer payment period is given to them, then you will lose money for sure) .
Trader Interview - Energy
Graduate Trainee Interview - Risk Management
How would you hedge a oil transport traveling from London to Houston?
What if there's a hurricane in Houston?
What if there's a hurriane in New York?
What if theres no liquid futures contract, etc.
A lot of it - they aren't looking for just one answer. Just need logic
Operations Interview - Oil and Gas
Got an email to set up a call for phone screen with HR.
Interview date set for a week later, interviewed with two managers, asked specifically about resume and then proved about knowledge of operations and technical details of trading.
Have not heard anything for the past month, but they are setting up one more interview with the Trader to test fit.
Interviewers were both extremely nice, told me they might have a job that would be a good fit later in the year, but based on current staffing and my skills, might not need any other help in the immediate or shorter term.
Asked a lot of questions about resume and experiences.
Graduate Development Program Interview - Generalist
How to hedge a shipment of crude oil from West Africa to Houston?
What are the risks associated with this trade?
Why commodities trading?
2nd Round: 2 v 1 competency-based interview. Questions:
Difference between options and futures
How many bbls of crude would fit in this room
What is the difference between options and futures?
How do I hedge an incoming shipment of Oil into TX?
I come to you and tell you I have an outgoing shipment of crude from TX to Colombia. What do you do?
What are some risks associated with a shipment of crude from west africa to US?
Would I be net short or long on an incoming delivery of crude?
What is a recent challenge you faced and how did you overcome it?
Trafigura Graduate Program Interview - Oil and Gas
Tell me about yourself?
What comes out of a barrel of oil?
If you were shrunk to the size of a pencil and put in a blender how would you get out?
Tell me about a time you worked well in a group?
Give us an example of a time you exhibited strong leadership.
describe a time you did not work well with coworkers.
describe a team that you would like to work with
describe a work environment that you think you would work well in.
Those were the major questions.
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