Feel free to PM me if oil and gas is your thing. I interned with Exxon during the summer last year and I can honestly say that apart from the money, it wasn't special.
Feel free to PM me if oil and gas is your thing. I interned with Exxon during the summer last year and I can honestly say that apart from the money, it wasn't special.
Feel free to PM me if oil and gas is your thing. I interned with Exxon during the summer last year and I can honestly say that apart from the money, it wasn't special.
Was that a summer placement or a year long one?
What kinds of tasks/work were you performing as part of your placement?
What tips could you give to those who are currently studying engineering, who would like to secure a placement/internship?
What kinds of tasks/work were you performing as part of your placement?
What tips could you give to those who are currently studying engineering, who would like to secure a placement/internship?
Summer placement! So just over 3 months long.
Most of my tasks were related to the previous experience i built during my year in industry at a steam engineering company. So i generating steam trap surveys, energy efficiency reports and looking at plans to retrofit and optimise units for the next plant shutdown. The job role in itself was actually really enjoyable, and fantastic experience.
Tips? I'll list a few below, these are especially true for people looking to break into oil and gas. - Don't take rejections personally. Vast majority of these companies won't even look at your CV before rejecting you. You'd be surprised at the amount of positions that get filled through connections and linkedin. - On the topic of Linkedin, make an account, contact alumni from your university. I got some fantastic experience by doing this. - Practice the online tests used by employers. - Try and end up with a 1'st. The graduate scheme that i'm currently enrolled in only interviewed people predicted a 1'st class degree. Why? Because there's still so many engineering grads getting firsts it serves as an easy soft cutoff . - The reality is that there's sadly more high quality engineering graduates than jobs. This is especially true for Chemical engineering grads, who often admit to choosing the speciality for it's promise of higher salaries and quick career advancement. Whilst that was true pre-oil crash, it most certainly isn't true now.
I think that's about the drift of it. I've tried to be as honest as i can. I've seen a fair bit of misinformation on TSR in the past, mostly because the vast number of people that provide information haven't actually even reached university yet.
Most of my tasks were related to the previous experience i built during my year in industry at a steam engineering company. So i generating steam trap surveys, energy efficiency reports and looking at plans to retrofit and optimise units for the next plant shutdown. The job role in itself was actually really enjoyable, and fantastic experience.
Tips? I'll list a few below, these are especially true for people looking to break into oil and gas. - Don't take rejections personally. Vast majority of these companies won't even look at your CV before rejecting you. You'd be surprised at the amount of positions that get filled through connections and linkedin. - On the topic of Linkedin, make an account, contact alumni from your university. I got some fantastic experience by doing this. - Practice the online tests used by employers. - Try and end up with a 1'st. The graduate scheme that i'm currently enrolled in only interviewed people predicted a 1'st class degree. Why? Because there's still so many engineering grads getting firsts it serves as an easy soft cutoff . - The reality is that there's sadly more high quality engineering graduates than jobs. This is especially true for Chemical engineering grads, who often admit to choosing the speciality for it's promise of higher salaries and quick career advancement. Whilst that was true pre-oil crash, it most certainly isn't true now.
I think that's about the drift of it. I've tried to be as honest as i can. I've seen a fair bit of misinformation on TSR in the past, mostly because the vast number of people that provide information haven't actually even reached university yet.
Thanks for your reply.
I've done placements/internships and I certainly agree with what you are saying. The UCAS applicant numbers show rising numbers of applications for engineering degrees, so engineering students have to do more to stick out.
I had a Skype then too and they said the exact same thing word for word. I thought the interview was fine nothing too difficult, i don't see how I could have gotten rejected based on that for a mere event 😅