30 mins before the actual scheduled interview time, HR rep called me and asked to join Teams for some briefings and tips (what sort of questions to be asked, which area should I focus on during CBI).

2 hours - personal details, work exp, why Petronas, some business/use case, technical. Hiring Managers asked lot for each working experience what I did in details, challenges + action taken, work culture etc.

Mine with Petronas.

Thanks

How you guys enter gain into Petronas ? Walk in interview ? Or inside staff recommendations?

Mostly through Petronas Career X.

Interesting. Will get posted to high risk war torn countries like Sudan Iraq etc etc ?

The offer letter is received via email ? Or review and sign physically at office ?

What ia the minimum requirements to join Petronas? SPM ? Diploma ? Degree ? Dean's Lists ?

For technical role, at least a Diploma and you should enrol in their INSTEP program. Finishing this programme will qualifies you to be a junior technician as such related to your education background. For engineer/ engineering executive roles, the minimum requirement is degree in engineering. For finance and commercial role, I believe the minimum requirement should be Diploma & higher. I'm not too sure about this. Maybe someone can help out? Dean's List not required but atleast CGPA above 3.00 to be consider for interview. Hope this answered your question.

Wow. Bro. Interesting. Should have tried my luck when I was in my teen & join Petronas. By the way. Is the work conditions there hard, tough, dangerous ? Or shake leg like government servants ?

Can someone enlightenment what's is their Career X? Why I tried the Careers.Petronas.com.my seems such an outdated and no more job listed

No idea. Maybe you should PM the fella that mention it.

psychonic13 what is career x ?

Whats the outlook for contract staffs currently at PET? I know its a broad question asked in reference to a big institution as PTERONAS.

For sure there wont be any medical coverage and other benefits as what perma staffs get right but would like to know how's it going with the contract staffs there.

This post has been edited by mhyug: Dec 31 2022, 08:14 PM

Ya. Good question. I wanna know too. Anyone here can answer this ?

I am an ex pet.. maybe i can answer this. Depend on your contract. There is Contract direct Hire - they call it CDH and 3rd party contract. Contract direct hire is a contract by PETRONAS it self. They will have same medical benefit as permanent staff but for themselves only (i cant remember if they got for spouse and kids). Also depend on 1 year contract of 2 years contract- different benefit as well.

But if you are 3rd party contract - then the benefit is depend on the company who pay your salary.

How do differentiate - CDH staff got a yellow line under their picture on PETRONAS Staff card while 3rd party contract will only get Perkhidmatan staff card - no picture.

This post has been edited by ahms89: Jan 1 2023, 09:59 PM

thanks very insightful indeed.

Interesting. But what happens after the contract ends ? Jobless ? Or renew contract again & again. Thanks

Non-Exec Technical position still need to CBI?

(14/1/2023 update)
Just received a call from Petronas Talent Acquisition personnel asking my notice period, current salary and expected salary. But she didnt mentioned about offer or go for medical checkup. Does it means something?

Quick question:
How many among your colleagues from PROTEGE program has been offered permanent placement? As some of my juniors there are considering to leave for other companies midway through. The salary is a poor RM2,000..

Most probably they are preparing papers to get approval to hire you.

From what i know from colleagues, very little absorbed.
So, my personal opinion is if got higher offer from other company, even from lower tier company compare to Pet, just go. At least the salary baseline have increased, and can be leverage for future hiring negotiation.

Me personally think gov should abolish this kind of program la.
I know it's to help fresh grad.

But what happen is, business capitalise on it as the standard starting salary, offsetting/delaying the appropriate compensation to the youngsters. Better just let the market determine it own range.

Maybe few years back, 2k is good number, but with the current price and inflation, 2k is stretching too thin la.