r/ChemicalEngineering • u/the_originaI • Aug 05 '25

Job Search ExxonMobil, Career Fair Prep/Interviews

Hey everyone. I’m currently a rising Sophomore. Exxonmobil is visiting sometime late September during the career fair and confirmed they’ll be taking applicants the day of and interviewing only a select few the day after.

Anything I can do to stand out? How should I approach them? Any and all advice would be extremely helpful.

I have an okay CV, just a few technical projects and community service. I also have a 4.0 GPA.

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u/Ritterbruder2 Aug 05 '25

Good luck lol

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u/the_originaI Aug 05 '25

Am I missing a joke or something? Are they brutal or something

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u/SEJ46 Aug 05 '25

Its competitive. I'm sure they take a few sophomores but it will be mostly juniors. Its going to depend a lot on what "technical projects" means. 4.0 at least means they won't disqualify you right off the bat. You'll need to get as much face time with the recruiters as you can get. Just dropping off your resume will do nothing.

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u/the_originaI Aug 05 '25

Thanks. Going to be honest, the technical projects are:

Solidworks Industry Bracket (designed and optimized a bracket that can handle a load 1.5x the required amount, won the competition)

Using Mill’s/Lathe’s while also creating and editing engineering drawings to make a flag-holder.

I also have community service working in the campus kitchen and the food drive.

Both of these I just summed up real quick, but they aren’t anything impressive. In my defense, that was my first year in college. Both Valero and Exxon are coming, and it seems like Exxon is a bit more cutthroat (from these comments) than Valero. I’ll give my best shot to both, but I guess we’ll see haha.