Commodity Trader Interview Questions
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Commodity Trader interview questions shared by candidates
Commodity Trader was asked...May 18, 2017
The majority of the questions they asked me were focused around the commodity I would be trading - Sugar. They were a wide range, from what sugar products they sold to where sugar is most produced and consumed globally.
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A lot of the answers were available through simple google searches done prior. I'd say the questions were fairly general, so if you learnt the basic mechanisms in the Sugar market you should do ok. Less
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Have you heard back from ED&F on the grad programme?
Commodity Trader was asked...July 21, 2013
"Please tell me what is bad about you?" - For an 18 year old, that is not easy.
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Didn't expect (at the time) to have to explain the negative side.
Commodity Trader was asked...May 2, 2018
Commodity Trader was asked...October 25, 2010
Commodity Trader was asked...October 31, 2016
Trader Commodities was asked...January 22, 2017
Why didn't you learn Chinese when you had been to china
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I tried to learn but its not that easy to learn Chinese in 3-4 months
Trader Commodities was asked...January 22, 2017
Commodity Trader was asked...September 8, 2020
Describe a time when you were faced with a difficult situation with a customer and how you handled it....using a STAR response.
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I described an occurrence in a previous internship where there was a misunderstanding between the customer and I, and how I eventually resolved it by contacting my boss and offering for her to talk to him on the spot. Less
Commodity Trader was asked...June 7, 2019
Tell me about a time when you had to negotiate.
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Tell me about a time when you had to deliver bad news.
Trader Commodities was asked...January 22, 2017
What commodities have you traded and what commodities are you specialised in
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Iron ore, Coal , Chrome etc
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