Vitol

Sales and Trading

Est Annual Revenue:
$100m+
Industry: Sales and Trading

Vitol Interview Questions

3 total interview insight submissions

Interview Experience (20%)

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.

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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.

3
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (58%)

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.

2.7
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at Vitol

YearPositionLocationGroup/DivisionExperienceDifficulty
2018VitolSingaporeEnergyNeutralAverage
2014AnalystHoustonOil and GasPositiveAverage
2012Trading AnalystSingaporeOil and GasNegativeEasy

Vitol Interview - Energy

Anonymous interview candidate in

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: May 2018 Date Submitted: Sep 05, 2018

Application

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

Competency questions, resume-based questions. Nothing technical on commodities, more of trying to see if you're the right fit. Feels more like a casual conversation, however they do go into great depth on points that you have mentioned to ensure that you aren't blowing hot air.

Interview Questions

How do you think your previous experience would make you a good addition to this company?

You do not have any prior experience in commodities. What makes you think you will be a good fit here.

Your experience in the banking sector deals with paper trades rather than physical trades, how do you think you will adapt to the difference?

Which is your favourite commodity and what's going on in that market currently?

What do you think is your greatest weakness?

How have you been catching up on commodities given that you do not have experiences in it.
Sample Answer

Analyst Interview - Oil and Gas

Anonymous employee in Houston

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Recruiter

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: 2014 Date Submitted: Feb 10, 2015

Application

1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Background Check

Interview

Initially contacted by the head of HR to 'get coffee'. This can take place either on the phone or in their office. Lasts about an hour and is a general get to know the candidate session and understand why HR is interested in you. If they are pleased, they will invite you back for another day to interview for several hours. You will meet with a multitude of people such as your future boss and their peers, your boss's boss and their peers, as well as some of members of the group that you will be working with. After this interview they will determine to extend an offer or not.

Interview Questions

Explain the fundamental refining process. They are interested in you running through the major units of a refinery starting with the CDU and how different crude slates have different characteristics, how these characteristic are affected by the various units they will run through, and what products will come out of these units.
Explain a s/d model that you made. They are heavily interested in fundamental supply/demand models, having come from an oil shop.
Sample Answer

Trading Analyst Interview - Oil and Gas

Anonymous interview candidate in

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: 2012 Date Submitted: Apr 24, 2014

Application

1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Background Check

Interview

Attended a college networking session with Vitol and was subsequently being called up after online resume and cover letter application.

HR contacted me through my mobile phone when I was in last semester of my college. Prepared the interview by reading up the company website and going through the company brochures that I had received during the networking session.

There were a total of 2 rounds of interviews. The first round was with the HR Manager. Interview questions were basically just simple background check, personality and skills test (e.g. internship experience, motivation to work in Vitol, and to become a trader). However, I began to fumble when I was asked about the Trader's name I spoke to during the networking session. I was never good in remembering people names and began to panic. Did not make it into the second round interview, but was told that it would be the final round with the Asia head or senior management.

Very competitive job as I was told that there were about hundreds of applicants for this 1 trading analyst position (not a graduate program). Traders in the company seems very talented and have a "out to win" mentality. While I was walking into the meeting room for my interview, manage to take a glimpse on the office and felt that the stress level within the company was quite intense.

Interview Questions

- Short introduction about yourself?
- Why do you want to join Vitol and why do you wish to join as a Trading Analyst?
- Skillsets relevant to a Trading Analyst's role?
- Who do you spoke to during the networking session?
- What's your parents' occupation?
Sample Answer