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Shell Senior Process Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 14 May 2024

Shell Senior Process Engineer Interview Experiences

2 interviews found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Overall refinery overview

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Nov 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Where do you see in 5 years?
  • Q2. Tell us about your last job and your responsibilities during employment.

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Shell Senior Process Engineer interview:
  • Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Ensure that you read the JD thoroughly. They fo ask specific questions on specific points from JD.

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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jun 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Critical radius of insulation
  • Ans. 

    Critical radius of insulation is the thickness of insulation at which heat loss through the insulation is minimum.

    • It is the point where the heat transfer rate is at its minimum.

    • It is important in designing insulation systems.

    • It depends on the thermal conductivity of the insulation material and the temperature difference across the insulation.

    • If the insulation thickness is less than the critical radius, the heat loss wi...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Define points of stress strain diagram
  • Ans. 

    Points on a stress-strain diagram represent specific stages of material deformation.

    • The elastic limit is the point where deformation is reversible.

    • The yield point is where plastic deformation begins.

    • Ultimate strength is the maximum stress a material can withstand.

    • Fracture point is where the material breaks.

    • The modulus of elasticity is the slope of the linear portion of the curve.

    • Each point on the diagram represents a s

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Need to have a good understanding of core. Read material science thoroughpy

I applied via Campus Placement

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: It was pretty simple and easy.
Tips: Just know the basics.practise more to do fasrt.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 30

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: It was not hard to pass this shortlisting.
Tips: Have more stress on academics.

Skills:
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras

I applied via Campus Placement

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: It was a pretty simple process. Almost everyone will clear this round.
Tips: Focus mainly on your academics

Round: Test
Experience: It was pretty simple and easy.
Tips: Just focus on your basics and practice more to increase speed.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 30

General Tips: Practise more to increase speed.
Skill Tips: Prctise more to increse speed.
Skills: Basic Knowledge, Speed And Accuracy In Aptitude
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: one of the top companies in India

I applied via Campus Placement

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Easy paper with some english questions
Tips: Anyone who cracked jee can manage it
Duration: 30 min minutes

Round: Test
Experience: Questions on chemical engineering are asked. All are theoretical based. Thermodynamics questions were little hard
Tips: Concentrate on mass heat and momentum transfer and thermodynamics. Basic level is fine
Duration: 30 min minutes

Skills:
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras

I applied via Campus Placement

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Most of the questions were simple and were easily answerable. The only constraining factor was time. You need to be very fast.
Tips: Practice basic math like Simple interest, Compound interest ..etc
Rest all should be easy enough
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 30

Round: Test
Experience: It involved a few questions which required to have some basic knowledge on chemistry.
Chemical engineering stuff which was asked was straight forward
Tips: Concentrate more on Mass and heat transfer topics
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 30

General Tips: Have enthusiasm for core to apply for such a company
Skill Tips: Go through the basic concepts of transport and fluid mechanics
Skills: Core Courses Concepts
Duration: 2 months
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Inclination towards Chemical Engineering.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - HR 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. How do you adapt yourself with the new environment?
  • Q2. What you know about the applied position and expected challange?
  • Q3. Tell how you deal with proposal rejection and difficult situation
  • Q4. What will be your motivation for the position

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Plase do some research on the company profile, job desricption and show interest to that position
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about current and previous work history relating to Oil & Gas
  • Q2. Tell me the overall refinery setup that I know of
  • Ans. 

    The overall refinery setup typically includes crude oil distillation units, catalytic cracking units, hydrotreating units, and various other processing units.

    • Crude oil distillation units separate crude oil into different fractions based on boiling points

    • Catalytic cracking units break down heavy hydrocarbons into lighter products like gasoline and diesel

    • Hydrotreating units remove impurities like sulfur from products to ...

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Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Apr 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude was based on C prog, Math, English, RDBMS. It was fairly hard.

Round 3 - Group Discussion 

Common topics like Social Media Boon or Bane, Unemployment in India, Work-Life balance in today's times were given. Prep time of 2 min and the GD went on for 20 min. 15 min of pitching in points and 5 min of conclusion. There were 2 HR people making notes on you. Be confident in whatever you say.

From my personal experience, people who took initiative and spoke first were likely to get selected. Speaking clearly and conveying your points is given priority, rather than making valid point.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Won't recommend, check the news on what they are upto.
Best wishes.

Shell Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Shell Senior Process Engineer interview?
Shell interview process usually has 1-2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Shell interview process are Resume Shortlist, HR and Technical.
How to prepare for Shell Senior Process Engineer interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Shell. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Shell expect are Gas Processing, LNG, Process Engineering, Subject Matter Expertise and Technology implementation.

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