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Valero Energy Interview Questions & Reviews
Getting the Interview 16 Interviews
Interview Experience 16 Ratings
Intern at Valero Energy
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Texas City, TX Mar 2012 – Reviewed Apr 30, 2013
Interview Details –
1 over the phone interview
-no technical questions
Interview Question – The interview questions were very simple, none of them were technical based, the hardest one was probably the usual "name a time when you had a teamate who was hard to work with" Answer Question
Negotiation Details – It was a fixed offer for the internship
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Associate Safety Engineer at Valero Energy
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Texas City, TX May 2012 – Reviewed Mar 12, 2013
Interview Details – Phone interview was about 30 minutes long. The interviewers were simply looking for trainability and personality. My college education was good enough for a green light to show intelectual competance. My degree was irrelevant to my position. Phone interview lasted 30 minutes and they didn't ask any scenario questions only for me to tell them about myself. After phone interview an onsite interview was conducted. This interview went through introduction to a handful of people, a tour, and only took a few hours. Interviewers were very straight forward with any answers to questions I had.
Interview Question – None really. Only the interviewer was very blunt on expectations and didn't sugar coat anything. They wanted me to be sure I knew what was going to be required of me. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – None. I liked offer put on table.
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Accounting at Valero Energy
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in San Antonio, TX – Reviewed Mar 4, 2013
Interview Details – College recruiting event and met the hiring manager. Show passion about getting the internship. Good GPA a must. Network with the accounting professors (They know a lot of people) What do you know about Valero?
Interview Question – What do you know about the oil industry? Answer Question
Negotiation Details – No negotiation. Fixed pay
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Information Services Summer Intern at Valero Energy
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Oct 2011 – Reviewed Feb 14, 2013
Interview Details –
I applied at job fair and had one round of interview on campus.
every thing in the interview was about my resume.
Interview Question – Explain in detail regarding one of the biggest challenges you faced Answer Question
Negotiation Details – I didn't get a chance to negotiate. they provided with a very good relocation package
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Operations at Valero Energy
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Three Rivers, TX May 2011 – Reviewed May 9, 2012
Interview Details – First took a mechanical aptitude test to qualify for interview. After receiving letter then interview is set up. Interview is a panel interview consisting of a representative from HR and three others from engineering, operations, and area managers. Each asked questions and took notes. They like for you to answer as swift as possible and be able to think on your feet. Each question was a scenario based question. What would you do if there was confrontation between co-worker? Name a time when you went above and beyond to get a job done? Name a time when you've taken short cuts? ( tell them you don't take short cuts)
Interview Questions
- Name a time when you've been overwhelmed with a job task and what did you do? Answer Question
- What would you do if a confrontation arose at work? Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Speak highly of safety and proper personal protectiob
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Information Services Intern at Valero Energy
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in San Antonio, TX Dec 2011 – Reviewed Mar 19, 2012
Interview Details – Just behavior questions. Nothing about programming. He asked me about my work experience. A very comfortable interview. I got the offer after 2 days! I think I got it probably because my school is well-known in San Antonio.
Interview Question – Tell me about your working experience at ... Answer Question
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Information Services Intern at Valero Energy
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in San Antonio, TX Nov 2011 – Reviewed Dec 4, 2011
Interview Details – Very easy-going interview. The recruiter just asks me about the details in my resume. It seems that they have a really professional internship program.
Interview Question – What programming language are you good at? Answer Question
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Mechanical Engineer at Valero Energy
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Amarillo, TX Sep 2010 – Reviewed Jul 23, 2011
Interview Details – Great people, and the interview went really well. Some of the slated questions were strange, such as, "if you were to live your life over again, what would you do differently?'
Interview Question – If you were to live your life again, what would you do differently? View Answer
Reason for Declining – Went with another offer for more compensation.
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Infrastructure Intern at Valero Energy
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in San Antonio, TX Oct 2009 – Reviewed Nov 4, 2010
Interview Details –
The interview was barely 20 minutes where they asked basic behavior questions. There were 2 technical questions:
1) Differences between C and Java.
2) Describe OOP
Real basic interview, received offer the next day and they wanted the answer within 1 day. Salary is about average.
Interview Question – Describe OOP Answer Question
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Manager at Valero Energy
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Houston, TX Aug 2009 – Reviewed Jul 8, 2010
Interview Details – it was a very easy process the only thing is they do criminal back ground and if any thing is there then you wont be hired.
Interview Question – can you bend lift 50lbs. can you show up on time and pass all test? View Answer
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