ExxonMobil, Career Fair Prep/Interviews

[u/the_originaI]

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.

[u/Ernie_McCracken88]

Have a very high GPA, aim for leadership roles in actual productive organizations (poetry club is fun, but president of student AICHe chapter is more impressive)

Develop confidant and assertive (but charismatic) communication.

Practice delivering answers to technical questions in a thorough and organized manner. Show an ability to break down complex topics while still answering them in full and delivering a technically accurate answer.

Your personality, academics, extracurriculars and interview performance should set you apart as someone in the 95th percentile vs. someone in the 85th percentile.

I went to a strong school (Michigan) and that's my best estimation of the probably 5/100 of my class that went to work for Exxon. Maybe academics could slip to only 93rd percentile since the top couple of students (by academics) went to elite PhD programs.

I don't work for Exxon but I do a lot of cross org Commercial stuff and work with Exxon and Exxon employees a lot. I'm probably not smart (or disciplined) enough to work for Exxon and I like the wild West of a midsize organization. They are a very regimented organization with a "way of doing things".

Don't invest all of your emotions/self worth in one organization. Cast a wide net, develop yourself, do you best, and be happy to secure any internship (or in the future, full time role) that you do land. Life and careers are long and if you work hard things tend to work out in the long run.