The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Shell (New Orleans, LA) in Mar 2008
Interview
I applied for an internship on the Shell website and was contacted about an interview about 2 wks after.
The interview took place on campus with one recruiter and lasted about 30-45 minutes. The interviewer ran through my resume and asked me questions about specific jobs and classes I had in the past. There were also a list of behavioral questions. The final part of the interview consisted of a hypothetical situation in which I was the CEO and had to make major strategical decisions to address a certain issue such global warming or peak oil.
I was offered an internship over the phone about a week later and accepted.
The next step was to complete a series of pre-employment forms, a back ground check, and a drug screen (hair test).
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe a difficult situation you have faced and how you handled it.
Global warming as a result of carbon emissions is scientifically accepted how should the company focus its over all strategy to handle such a situation?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Shell (Calgary, AB) in May 2026
Interview
Shell's interview process was one of the easier and more smooth ones. Everything was communicated well beforehand and you never really had a feeling of being stressed. A lot of the initial interviewing stuff was online and automated.
Hirevue automated interview. Game-based assessment with automated results. 4 games with results describing the work processes of individuals. the fast-paced games have increasing difficulty. Similar to luminosity. Make sure to take breaks between games, it can be very intense
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Shell
Interview
Completed a pre-assessment questions consisting two parts. First part is not timed- problem based. Second part is timed (statistical questions), 16 questions to be done in 18 minutes.
Shell wil let you know if you've passed and will then proceed for an interview. I had a telephone interview, it lasted approxiamtely one hour. Typical behavioural questions were asked of me.
Some of the questions they asked:
- Why do you want to work for Shell?
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Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me one time when you had to change your approach to complete a task.
They wanted a very specific approach of how you changed your approach (not your team).
