I went to their SI and have received the job offer. My advice is think fast for answers and be honest about yourself. And read everything shared in this thread; it's very helpful and useful

Hi

can u share with me any tips to perform during SI? & what position they offer you?

Its not about how fast can u answer..but how good is ur answer..they are looking for ppl that can think out of the box. No point if u can answer really fast but ur answer has no point

Interesting to know about Petronas interview method at present day. Come to think about it, I actually rejected their offer for a forgotten-what-was-it session in bangi! Anyway, everything turns out to be good eventually =)

Hey carolee1209, I attended the SI today and I asked is there any other stage after this and she said no; this is the last one before I will be informed whether I'm recommended or not. They said I can give them a call after a week to know the status of the interview. Overall it was okay, I think for me it was more like a discussion. Since a lot of people have been sharing their experience, I might as well share mine .

My interview was scheduled at 10am but I've to wait for the person before me to finish his session. 2 hours after that I was called. My assessors were very friendly. Me myself, I'm pretty talkative so I managed to leave my stress and nerves outside the door. Oh forgot to mention that the case study I was given was about customer dissatisfaction. There's only like 5 paragraph if I'm not mistaken. I had an hour to prepare for my ideas but lucky me while I was on board yesterday I read my school (LOL school? in the US they called college/university= school) book about how to manage a business, so it really helped a lot. I wrote on a piece of paper about my ideas, pros, cons, long and short terms solutions, examples. I came out with several examples to strengthen my opinion but ended up didn't use any of them. Reading a lot will help you this. But I believe it was more about how you think. How do you come out with a solution? Are you systematic? Be confident and firm on your decision/proposal. They challenged me with lots of arguments. I'm surprised at myself, I didn't panic (I'm a very gelabah person actually HAHAH). Before the case study discusion, there's a ice breaking about background, schools, majors, strength, weaknesses etc. Basic stuffs that you don't need to prepare much.

Then onto CBI, they asked me about 2 things. 1) Any challenge you have faced before and how you deal with it. They gave me time to think for a while. I was prepared for this question actually (gotten by reading the whole tread and googling about petronas interview questions). They asked me to explain every detail of the story. Then 2) Learning on fly. Describe something that you've to pick up fast; something that is really new for you and you need to master it in a short time. It was more like a story telling imho hehe.

The last one is role play. I was given two cards. I heard they just want to do one card (I think they're hungry because we all haven't had our lunch yet so they wanna finish soon). But in the end I had to do two cards. Some people say the more cards you get the better you're doing but some say the opposite. I think how many cards are given doesn't give any indication of how your performance is. It's all depends on the interviewers, only the know (of course). I was a manager, then the directors gave us a project that we need to complete it within 3 days. Two of my workers didn't want to stay back because they had other important commitments. I think I didn't do quite well..so they gave me the second card. This time I got into the game and acted well (ahah or so I think). Basically, this part you're in charged, you can create any situation you wish for based on what they said. They argued with me, challenged me, but I just stayed calm. Empathy is the key here. As a manager I told them that it is important for me to reach out to my staffs. Since my staffs are burden with lots of works in 3 days, I told the interviewers that it is important for me to always concern about their (staff) condition. I would call all of them for a meeting to update on the progress and at the same time listen to their problems. Let them release their stress..share the problem among ourselves and be positive. So when everyone goes out of the meeting room, there will be less pressure. Hence, increase the productivity.

I asked them a question; what motivates them to go to work everyday? Omagerd I'm happy that I ask them because they give me insight of how a working world is. Very interesting. One of the interviewer gave me a lot of advises. They talked about their work for almost 15minutes. hahah so I just listened and nodded.

Overall, alhamdulillah I think I did okay. I hope I'll get a good news but I'm very satisfied with my own performance, and thats all matters to me. Perhaps I should have read and remember more of Petronas's story to show them that I'm very interested in their company. I didn't give any example from Petronas when I'm defending my ideas. So guys, please read about Petronas more than I did and tell them about what you know. Everyone I know who had done an interview will tell me to just be myself. Yes that's absolutely true. Just be yourself and everything will flow naturally.Hmm what else..oh yea, the assessors are flexible in language. They spoke rojak to me haha..
So good luck to anyone if you happen to have an upcoming interview.

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This post has been edited by klein: Oct 6 2012, 09:53 AM

I used tips in this thread: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/937369/all

Duh, there is a reason why they give time limit in all interviews - because they want candidates to give answer both good and fast.

This post has been edited by Dry Pillow: Aug 31 2012, 12:34 PM

hi petronasians!!!
mind to share with us... how to apply safety and health (SHO) in petronas??.. how much salary for fresh NIOSH cert??? how about the culture and condition???

Buttercup313! I had my SI at the same day with you at the same time (I was scheduled at 10.30am but postponed to 12pm) and..........I got the same role play just like you and same CBI..my case study was about the side effects of science Pheww..now waiting for the result..all the best to both of us!

where did u guys have ur SI?
I had my SI in end of July in Petronas Refinery Kerteh.
And the HR manager told me it was a immediate vacancy. After 2 weeks, I called back to the HR person in charge, and he told me I have got the recommendation. just need to wait for confirmation from the Petronas Refinery. But now, it's almost a month after that. What should I do? Should I keep calling the person in charge? As I have read alot about many people have had been given recommendations yet no news was heard after that, I start to worry I am one of them. T_T
What you guys think?

hi, when was ur SI and when did you received the job offer?Is it one week after the SI? I have gone thru SI on thursday and was told can check the result after 1 week.

Maybe follow up once in 2 weeks? Have to be patient.

I think thr SI nowdays much much tougher than previous days..took my SI 7 years back..reading about u guys SI experience makes me thinking can i pass the SI if would take it today as compared few years back..

If you get reply after 1 week that's very fast. It was 3 weeks for me.

I have accepted an offer to work at Kerteh. The manager told me it will take 2-3 months for HR to process. Is that true?
Then, what should I do during this waiting period?

how did the HR inform u about accepting u?
when did ur SI take place?

I am being informed by department manager. Manager said if I accept the offer then she will ask HR at hq to come out with the offer.

On mid of july hr calling me said that my offer letter is send to my department, now they are in the process of finalized my employment package, now already sep, same answer i received from them..v slow process..

Wait for the offer letter together then...

Have some patience when dealing with Carigali's HR. Keep calling. Keep asking. And keep praying.

If you go through this very thread, you'll know how these people work.
Today means 8 days later.
We'll get back to you means no more phone calls/ emails.
And not to mention ignoring all the enquiries.

All the best.