<p>What do they ask? Is oil company trading different from bank's commodities trading? What's the focus? How technical is their interview?</p>
<p>Any help would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I would like to know as well.</p>
<p>I only have second hand knowledge of this, so don’t take it as gospel. </p>
<p>As far as I understand, at an oil company like BP you start off not trading for something like 1-2 years in sort of a support/learning role. If I heard correctly, you then have to pass some sort of assessment (heard this about BP specifically) which is pass/fail. If you pass you become a trader, if not… well you say goodbye. </p>
<p>I would think that starting off trading at an oil company you would begin with physical oil/natty, perhaps in a scheduling role, until you fully understand the supply and demand aspects. From what I hear, financial trading does not generally happen until after you have been in a physical role for some time.</p>
<p>As for the interviews, I have no idea. I would guess they would hope for you to have specific knowledge about Oil/Natty, as opposed to a bank which is much more general. </p>
<p>That’s about all I can add to this discussion, maybe someone else has more intimate knowledge/first hand information.</p>