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      Senior Buyer Interview

      26 Jun 2016
      Anonymous employee
      Martinez, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Shell (Martinez, CA)

      Interview

      Phone interview and one in person interview. It was an amazing interview with my current boss whom is very down to earth. My biggest challenge in the process was taking a hair test. Although I do not do drugs, it made me worry if I had been in the vacinity of someone doing drugs.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why did you leave your last employer?
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      Senior Buyer Interview

      17 Apr 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Kraków
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Shell (Kraków) in Feb 2019

      Interview

      It was a bad experience from the beginning. The process went incredibly long. I have applied for the position in November and received the first mail from HR in the beginning of January. The girl asked me if I am still interested in the position and said that she will contact me within next 2 weeks to tell if I was selected for the interview or no. She did not send me any feedback and was ignoring my emails, so I forgot about the application. In the middle of February I received a call from the same HR girl telling me that I was selected for the interview and she is sorry that the process took so long. We have agreed for the interview with manager on the next day and it became even more awkward. There were 2 people on the Skype interview (manager and supervisor). The interview was about an hour, the first was introduction of the company and role description, after - questions about my proffesional background. During the interview I could feel that the people are bored and not interested in this interview (they were asking same questions in different time, supervisor was not listening and was working on her laptop). I felt very emberessed by such attitude, but I was trying my best to keep it proffesional. They promissed to provide feedback within 2 weeks, but I haven't heard from them until today (middle of April). The status of the online application still shows "Final Stage" and all my emails were ignored. I consider it as a really disrespectful attitude towards the applicant.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell us about your previous experience. How would your ex-employer describe you in 3 words?
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      2

      Senior Buyer Interview

      3 Apr 2018
      Anonymous employee
      Kuala Lumpur
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Shell (Kuala Lumpur) in Aug 2014

      Interview

      You start off by applying for a role in the Shell web page. Together with this you submit a written essay about why you should be chosen for the role. This is followed by a telephone interview if you are shortlisted. This call is basically to ask questions to verify the information in you cv and to get abit of inside into the personality of the candidate. Moving on, next stage is a fist face interview. In this stage the questions are about scenario on work related issues and how to solve it. Real example are expected for this condition. Sometimes if there is time constraint in the recruit process is shorten by carrying the last stage of the interview together with the first face to face interview. Last stage is about the personality of the candidate. Under regular process, there will be a second interview on personality

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What is the hardest task you have handled, why is it the hardest, what are the challenges and how you you overcame it
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