Topic: Shell Recruitment 2012

@gold

I have been trying to find out myself o. Its not been done before (so no one can really help us with information about how to prepare except God) but I hear the aim is to put invited people in departments.

I'm optimistic its great news as only 2 out of 7 of us in my batch got the invite, 2 out of 6 in my friend's batch also got invited. I saw the list of all commercial srd attendees when I signed the attendance and I was in the last 2 batches. There can't be so many people invited if they invited an average of 2 per batch. How many people in your batch got this invite,gold?

Let's trust God for perfection of everything!

I did mine of the 5th........assessors are not there to catch you out. Just think of it as an opportunity to show them ur skills. Pls know ur presentation very well. master every bit of it. For the group part make meaningful contribution and give odas the opportunity to air their thoughts and views.....lastly, be confident. I wish u all the very best and my prayer is that we all make it. Just enjoy the day and thank God for the opportunity.

@all, apologies I've been MIA for a while. Was out of town and without internet access.

A technical person (sorry, cant remember name) asked me to make enquiries about technical pple still awaiting invites - my SRD coordinator did not give me info and just gave me the line - "they will contact everyone when they are ready to"

I am not sure how many SRD tips have been circulated but I just want to give some advice for case study and group interview sections from my experience.

Case study
- try to link the identified issues obtained from the different scraps of information they give you to profitabillity. The main aim of any business is generating profit for its owners (shareholders). Try to mention that
-Shell has 5 main responsibilities - to shareholders, employees, customers, people they do business with (eg suppliers) and the society (environment, community etc) Try to mention this when explaining the issues you identify
-there are some irrelevant issues, try not to waste time on this as the financial statements are towards the end of the booklet they give you so try to scan through the booklet to get an idea of all issues presented
- i heard they like hearing the word prioritise so when I was called in, I started with something like 'All issues are important but I have decided to prioritise and I have identified issues that affect profitability directly or indirectly as my most important. Ensure you have a reason for your prioritisation.
-try to smile a lot. The interviewers are not HR people. They are trained line managers for different job areas. I faced 2 interviewers and one was a technical interviewer. They are trying to find people with CAR qualities they can see themselves working directly with so please smile---boeing kinda smile.
-pray, ask God for favor and do you best to prepare!

Good success to all SRD hopefuls in the house in Jesus name.

Group interview....hmmm, na God o
- for the small group meeting, ensure your partner contributes as well, say stuff like "great idea" etc when your partner says something you didn't think of
-try to volunteer yourself to do something immediately the main group meeting starts. You can volunteer to take down notes (eg minutes), you can suggest time allocations per group and volunteer to keep time for the meeting
-try to applaud any good initiatives other groups have suggested.
-Do not try to monopolise the discussion - this is a red flag i am told. Instead, if you notice you are monopolising the discussion, try to call people directly to contribute.
try to say stuff like "lets move forward', whats the way forward, we have to be mindful of time, let's talk one at a time etc when there's a deadlock (there will be a deadlock).

I noticed them taking down notes when all these were done. I hope this keeps someone.

We are all receiving our shell offer letters very very soon in Jesus name. Lets start thanking God!

all the best!

Originally Posted by Opestar

Group interview....hmmm, na God o
- for the small group meeting, ensure your partner contributes as well, say stuff like "great idea" etc when your partner says something you didn't think of
-try to volunteer yourself to do something immediately the main group meeting starts. You can volunteer to take down notes (eg minutes), you can suggest time allocations per group and volunteer to keep time for the meeting
-try to applaud any good initiatives other groups have suggested.
-Do not try to monopolise the discussion - this is a red flag i am told. Instead, if you notice you are monopolising the discussion, try to call people directly to contribute.
try to say stuff like "lets move forward', whats the way forward, we have to be mindful of time, let's talk one at a time etc when there's a deadlock (there will be a deadlock).

I noticed them taking down notes when all these were done. I hope this keeps someone.

We are all receiving our shell offer letters very very soon in Jesus name. Lets start thanking God!

all the best!

*I hope these help someone

Originally Posted by mannish

I did mine of the 5th........assessors are not there to catch you out. Just think of it as an opportunity to show them ur skills. Pls know ur presentation very well. master every bit of it. For the group part make meaningful contribution and give odas the opportunity to air their thoughts and views.....lastly, be confident. I wish u all the very best and my prayer is that we all make it. Just enjoy the day and thank God for the opportunity.

@Mannish; thanks for your update, can you tell us the composition of ur SRD day by discipline? Lets share more info and make this thread a better one.

Originally Posted by Opestar

@gold

I have been trying to find out myself o. Its not been done before (so no one can really help us with information about how to prepare except God) but I hear the aim is to put invited people in departments.

I'm optimistic its great news as only 2 out of 7 of us in my batch got the invite, 2 out of 6 in my friend's batch also got invited. I saw the list of all commercial srd attendees when I signed the attendance and I was in the last 2 batches. There can't be so many people invited if they invited an average of 2 per batch. How many people in your batch got this invite,gold?

Let's trust God for perfection of everything!

Thanks Opstar. So far, I'm d only one invited from my batch. Let's hope for the best o. Wateva it is, I'm sure God dat brought us this far, is able to take us to the end. When is ur meeting with the finance team?

@opestar tnx mate

@opestar. Pls whats ur discipline and was d technical questions mainly around ur presentation? Or where u asked ur undergrad course question? Chunaf said he was asked physics and yr 1 and 2 questions. Was this so in your case? Is the case study readable in the time given? How is the press interview like? Lol. 21 questions I know.

Project presentation summary.... Should this be on the Appendix provided or on an A4 paper? Sent 2wks b4 SRD?

*Coughs* Errm...what about we that our staus still reads shortlisted and have not received any correspondence from shell.Any info on this?Any one?