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How does the BP intern recruitment process work?

Assessment centre
The day will include:

Intern discipline review


A discipline review which will either be a technical interview to test your knowledge, or a realistic scenario taken
from the field you are applying to. The scenario will be presented to you and you will be asked to analyse and
discuss it. In this review we are assessing your discipline and thinking competencies.

Competencies interview
In this interview we are looking for you to tell us about how you have recently demonstrated the following
competencies: Business Sense, Drive, Working Together and Influence. Our interviewers are trained to help you
to think through and discuss your competencies in these areas. This provides you with an opportunity to tell us
about yourself and how you have developed and used your competencies through your university studies,
extracurricular activities, holiday jobs, charity work, etc.

Group exercise
An exercise, based on the kind of work which goes on in BP, involving a group of up to 6 candidates, where you
have an opportunity to demonstrate your competencies in Thinking, Working Together and Influence. It is
important to be yourself during this exercise and speak up so that the people who are observing the group can
hear you.

Numerical and verbal reasoning tests


These are pencil and paper tests. Interviews at BP are fair and consistent, ensuring that everyone has their
chance to demonstrate their capability and suitability to join us. BP interviewers will go out of their way to help
you demonstrate your capability and suitability for an internship.

If there is anything at all that is concerning you about the assessment centre, please do let us know so that we
can help as far as possible to alleviate your concerns.

What happens if, after the internship, I’d like to work for BP?

Your performance in the workplace is key to progressing to be a candidate for a graduate role. If you perform
well, your internship line manager recommends you for participation in an intern final assessment event. The
purpose of the intern final assessment is to test whether you meet the standards required to gain a place on a
BP early experience programme.

The aim of the event is to give you an opportunity to highlight the skills and knowledge you have developed
during your internship with BP.

The assessment will consist of two interviews, lasting approximately an hour each, each will be conducted by
experienced interviewers.

Competency Interview
You will have competency based interview, looking for evidence of how you have developed, Drive, Business
Sense, Working Together and Influencing during your internship.

Discipline Review
You will be asked to make a 10 to 15 minute presentation about your internship project, this will be followed by
some questions about your presentation. The presentation is discipline specific and not competency based.

After your presentation you will be asked to answer either a technical question or a scenario:

• If you are a technical intern, your assessors will be looking for evidence of your technical and thinking
competencies.

• If you are a commercial/ procurement intern your assessors will be looking for evidence of your:
• ability to generate and evaluate options
• ability to understand negotiating positions
• appreciation of market forces
• If you are an HR intern your assessors will be looking for evidence of your:
• ability to generate and evaluate HR options and processes
• understanding of people related issues within a business context

The decision as to whether you will be offered a graduate position with BP will usually be onveyed to you within
two weeks of the event. You will be offered full feedback on your erformance at the assessment event. Students
who are successful at the final assessment event are made a job offer conditional on satisfactory academic
performance and references.

BP intern and graduate recruitment competencies in brief

Discipline know-how
Demonstrates depth of knowledge in a specialist area and can develop new ideas from existing knowledge or
can apply thinking ability to a situation related to the discipline applied for.

Business sense
Has a clear view of the overall purpose and economics of an organisation. Can think through/ implement ideas to
save money and time.

Drive
Sets and achieves challenging targets, overcomes obstacles. Is proactive and adapts easily to change.

Thinking
Analytical – breaks down problems into components and identifies implications.
Conceptual – recognises patterns/ key issues and finds creative solutions.

Working together
Seeks and understands the perspectives of others. A good team player, who can build and maintain
relationships, work cooperatively, and help and support others.

Influence
Persuasiveness – can convince others on a view, conclusion etc and gain their cooperation.
Leadership – can articulate a purpose and motivate a group of people to fulfil it.

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