I believe I carried myself very well. And I actually followed the advices posted by you around this forum when I attended it. Among them were "be yourself" and "avoid being the attention seeker, asskisser etc".. but when I was surrounded with a group of passive and quiet candidates, it was made hard to tone down my outspokenness. Maybe I should have been as quiet as them. At last, candidates with poor spoken English were chosen instead. Having said that, I believe they must have had some good qualities Shell is looking for. Otherwise, the assessors wouldn't have overlooked their poor language.

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Added on July 31, 2012, 11:31 pm
Dude, how many West Malaysians were there in your batch?

your first person account is an eye opener. Move on and prove that they have erred in not selecting you by joining other bigger, better companies. SLB, Baker, Exxon, etc. 

I believe I carried myself very well. And I actually followed the advices posted by you around this forum when I attended it. Among them were "be yourself" and "avoid being the attention seeker, asskisser etc".. but when I was surrounded by a group of passive and quiet candidates, it was made hard to tone down my outspokenness. Maybe I should have been as quiet as them. At last, candidates with poor spoken English were chosen instead. Having said that, I believe they must have had some good qualities Shell is looking for. Otherwise, the assessors wouldn't have overlooked their poor language.

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Added on July 31, 2012, 11:31 pm
Dude, how many West Malaysians were there in your batch?

Thanks. It was hard to swallow and I was disheartened but life goes on.. hopefully, one door closes another door opens

2 west malaysians and 4 east

I faced the exact same situation as u. Shell rejected me, and now I am with Petronas.

Also, they didn't pick the most outstanding and powerful two or three candidates. Instead, they went for the mediocre and somewhat socially awkward candidates who couldn't even express themselves well in English. So to those who are going to attend their SRD, play your card right.

Anyone ever notices that they are mostly inviting East Malaysians for phone interview and Shell Recruitment Day for the technical positions?

My SRD was attended by ALL East Malaysian candidates who were studying at different public and private universities in Malaysia. The same thing happened to my friends' SRD - either all East Malaysians or 5 out of 6 were. No diversity or whatsoever. Maybe they are trying to save cost by hiring locals to work for their operations in East Malaysia. Or there is a quota imposed to hire locals? In some cases, more than half of the candidates came from the same race.

Also, they didn't pick the most outstanding and powerful two or three candidates. Instead, they went for the mediocre and somewhat socially awkward candidates who couldn't even express themselves well in English. So to those who are going to attend their SRD, play your card right.

you have been briefed in advance what they were looking for.
dont twist the facts and sway the minds of new candidates taking the SRD.

Socially awkward? well you really gotta reflect on yourself then.
   

Outspoken doesn't mean you are better than others, you might be talking rubbish in 9 out of 10 sentences.

People with poor command of English doesn't mean they aren't good enough, they might pin to the right point with just a simple, short and lousy English sentence.

Thanks. It was hard to swallow and I was disheartened but life goes on.. hopefully, one door closes another door opens

Helo guys,

Been offered to join Shell (Upstream wells dept.), fresh graduate here, I have read through the forum and have few questions to ask here:

1) since Shell abolished the relocation allowance and others benefits, but there is still many people wanted to join shell..why?? because of??? is there any other benefits to compensate in order to keep Shell as competitive company status in O&G industry??

2) Is the 25% increment in salary per annum still valid for graduate employee (Job Group 'G')? what is the latest info? mind to share?

3) Will trainee engineer have a chance to go offshore during 1st year? If yes, means they will get paid RM3K thru the rooster rotation (14/14)??

Thanks and hope u guys can help me to clarify this... appreciate it a lot!!

Anyone ever notices that they are mostly inviting East Malaysians for phone interview and Shell Recruitment Day for the technical positions?

My SRD was attended by ALL East Malaysian candidates who were studying at different public and private universities in Malaysia. The same thing happened to my friends' SRD - either all East Malaysians or 5 out of 6 were. No diversity or whatsoever. Maybe they are trying to save cost by hiring locals to work for their operations in East Malaysia. Or there is a quota imposed to hire locals? In some cases, more than half of the candidates came from the same race.

Also, they didn't pick the most outstanding and powerful two or three candidates. Instead, they went for the mediocre and somewhat socially awkward candidates who couldn't even express themselves well in English. So to those who are going to attend their SRD, play your card right.

Hi

Wonder if there's any Shell office in KL?

Outspoken doesn't mean you are better than others, you might be talking rubbish in 9 out of 10 sentences.

People with poor command of English doesn't mean they aren't good enough, they might pin to the right point with just a simple, short and lousy English sentence.

I have a friend who got through the SRD for a finance role based in miri -told me that the allowance is only RM350 per month...I was reading some say got up to 2k or 3k...how is this possible

I have a friend who got through the SRD for a finance role based in miri -told me that the allowance is only RM350 per month...I was reading some say got up to 2k or 3k...how is this possible