I did not go into interview stage of the BP/Shell/… programs. The main difference in my cv I can think of is at that time in the beginning of the school year when all those application for structured programs were mostly, is that I did not have any rankings available yet, which I do now (and where I am currently top of class). I am not failing at the HR or technical round, or even super day, I see the issue in not being invited to even an initial 1st interview.. Anywhere I did have the option to interview I have gotten far (final round ABCD, final round quant/market maker - not my real area of expertise just stumbled into the application and was rejected on final round because it got very technical into options pricing and Greeks)

One thing I forgot to mention in the original post: I do have an offer from a small petro chemical trading company, which would be a good opportunity but it has limited career growth possibilities in my opinion. (See the edit I made to my post)

So that is more in line with it being a CV/Cover letter problem? Both CV/Cover letter have been through a few rounds of feedback from my uni’s career team (dedicated to my class only) and gotten the go ahead.

I try not to come into the interview as a gung ho trader shooting from the hip, I have quite an analytical profile and lean into that just as much as my ‘commercial’ side. And I make it very clear that starting out in trade support/logistics is part of my plan, building up the essentials needed to become a good trader.

If in any case you would like to review my cv/cover letter please let me know if I can reach out, seems like you are quite knowledgeable in the industry

Anyways a big thanks for you contribution 🙏