BP

bp publishes a five-stage recruitment process for early careers: an online questionnaire with CV submission, online assessments, an on-demand video interview run on HireVue, a technical interview for relevant roles, and a final assessment centre. The technical interview is reserved for technical and Supply, Trading & Shipping tracks; non-technical applicants typically move from the video interview directly to the assessment centre. Because bp closes vacancies on a rolling basis and accepts only one application per academic year, the full loop is best run early in the cycle — a late application risks the role closing before the technical or assessment-centre slot is offered, and an unsuccessful candidate cannot reapply until the next academic year.

bp's early-careers portfolio is built around five programme types, each running across multiple geographies:

• Graduates — rotational graduate programmes across roughly 25 countries including the UK, US, Singapore, India, Australia, UAE, Germany and Malaysia
• Internships — typically penultimate-year placements in 16 countries; UK internships pay £33,000–£43,000 pro rata
• Early engagement — country-specific insight programmes such as Discovery Weeks (Azerbaijan, Singapore), Future Leaders cohorts (UK), Sophomore Experience (US, Canada) and Future Talent Scholarships, many carrying a fast-track to the following cycle's technical interview
• Apprenticeships — including APTUS (North Sea technical), Finance, Business & Technology (FBT), and Germany's Ausbildung and Duales Studium tracks
• Shipping cadets — paid maritime training leading to internationally recognised qualifications

All five funnel into the same five function tracks: Business, Digital, Science, Engineering, and Supply, Trading & Shipping. Because bp permits only one application per academic year across this whole portfolio, a candidate is choosing a single programme and function each cycle, not running a parallel application across two of them.

bp's early-careers FAQ states that visa sponsorship eligibility varies by country and by role, that the firm initiates sponsorship through immigration partners only after an offer is accepted, and that it does not guarantee the outcome of any visa request. Some US early-engagement programmes — notably the Supply, Trading & Shipping Sophomore Experience — explicitly list "no sponsorship needed" as an eligibility line, indicating that route is closed to candidates without existing work authorisation. The policy makes each role's right-to-work statement a hard gate: a posting that excludes sponsorship is not negotiable, and even sponsorship-eligible postings carry the firm's explicit no-guarantee caveat, so an international candidate planning a season around bp should treat sponsorship as conditional in every market.

bp treats Supply, Trading & Shipping as one of five named early-careers function tracks, alongside Business, Digital, Science and Engineering — a structural choice reflecting a commodity-trading franchise of more than 2,000 people serving 12,000 customers in 140+ countries, consistently ranked among the world's three largest oil-trading desks. The dedicated Shipping Cadets route is a paid training programme leading to internationally recognised marine qualifications, an offering rare among integrated oil companies. bp also runs an unusually structured early-engagement layer — Discovery Weeks, Future Leaders cohorts and Future Talent Scholarships across the UK, US, Singapore, Azerbaijan and others — most of which carry an explicit fast-track to the technical interview at the following cycle's internship round. For a candidate two or more years from graduation, that engagement route materially shortens the standard five-stage process, which is the most direct route into the Trading or Shipping tracks specifically.

Yes. BP currently has 1 open internship or graduate role on Jorb AI: summer internships, insight programs, graduate schemes, and early-career positions across the United States. Postings update continuously as new roles are added and filled.

BP has open internship and graduate roles in the United States. Specific offices and program structure (summer vs year-round, internship vs graduate scheme) vary by region; check individual postings for details.

Applications to BP go through the official careers site. Each role on this page links directly to the specific application. BP does not use third-party submission services.