Wow. Sub-surface? @OTEGA1 i thought calls had only been made for construction and marine engineer roles.
Oh well, we'd try again. All the best @OTEGA1. Were your questions HR based or pure technical

OTEGA1:


Subsurface Engineer

Thanks for responding. Any idea if the interview would be in batches and some more invites might be sent?

poeticjustice:
Usually, I prefer to watch from the sidelines, but due to the fact that you have continually pushed this uncharitable narrative in this intellectual space which would be referenced by future prospectives, I would offer my 50 cent opinion.
After service in 2018, without any prior info about dragnet, I came to Lagos from Benin and wrote a dragnet test which I had never written at that time(and admitted was quite tough), went through the entire recruitment process and was given employment (I currently work there). I believe dragnet has basically offered a "somewhat" level playing field. So, your statement about geniuses missing out and a random Joe passing doesn't hold water except it's based on some research which you have done (I highly doubt that). Whether you like it or not, a lot of first timers would ace this test, so stop with all the squealing. And what do you mean by integrity of the process when a 2yrs experienced engineer is going through the same process as an Engineer who just finished Nysc? So it's all subjective! Therefore, don't rubbish dragnet on some personal vendetta.

bro, this dragnet aptitude test wasn't suitable for this exxonmobil job. But we can't do anything so we have to roll with it.

Feex:


Exactly! Getting an ExxonMobil job can be life changing so no need to provide false information here.

A few info:

*The 2 white guys you saw during the test are most likely security personnel (expatriates). So you dont necessarily rely on the 2 or 4 weeks they mention. Management decide that.

* The most important stage is the first interview currently ongoing. Once you pass that, there is 90% chance you eventually get the job. There is one more interview though.

* information reaching me is that more than .0 engineers in total will be hired

* mails for Graduate position interview has not yet started rolling in. Most likely next week.

info info but yet ignorance obviously. A security man cannot give out that info. It will be very unprofessional of him. Google expatriates. White men don’t come as security personnel because they do not have enough intelligence on the security of the nation. Except you are talking CIA or FBI. Did you write the experienced hire. The white men are part of the recruitment team and whatever info they give is true. 2 to 4 weeks may be the time for completion of the recruitment. It is obvious Mobil don’t want to waste time. Don’t Honk you have any concrete info. This is a recruitment handled by top level staff and privacy and confidentiality is key. Do you think the white nan didn’t know they will be contacted before 2 weeks. Make una chill small make over Sani no kill una.

mos4phy:
bro, this dragnet aptitude test wasn't suitable for this exxonmobil job. But we can't do anything so we have to roll with it.

are you the one that determines the suitability of the test you are given. What kind are you looking out for? You want to set the question yourself? Are you are recruitment consultant? Dragnet is known to have conducted test for many firms in Nigeria- multinational and indigenous. Do you think the management of these companies and the HR department of these companies don’t know what they are doing? You guys need to learn many things. Stop complaining and go prepare for the next one.

If you get an interview invite for graduate engineer position, Please kindly inform us on this group.
I wonder why ppl want to kill themselves on top Dragnet's questions whether it was repeated or not. Medicine after death won't solve anything. Dragnet did its job period. There are answers to the questions asked and they want someone with an high IQ to solve them as quickly as possible. Just pray the odds favor you. To be honest with you anybody can be hired for the graduate engineer position as long as you are qualified and you will undergo the necessary training to be competent. There is no excuse for failure. We just have to keep trying our best. ExxonMobil maybe jackpot to most of us here but the real jackpot is from God. Keep believing in God (Allah) and don't give up.

souljar:
Well, if you don't prove a fool, then you're proving a coward or something; either way one proof is sure.
A firm that chooses to rely on outsourced entities with this character is doing itself a disservice.... Though I'm just hearing of a possible leak, personally I found a question or two I came across last year on their platform. You can be a genius and some Joe who wrote a similar test last month will get the next job and you sit at home. [/b]If Mobil handpicked those questions, I'll rest my case.
It's just terrible that graduates always have to be at the receiving end. Send rejection mail all round? [b] I long for the day graduates will shun job ads, tighten their belts and pursue their businesses. Imagine how much ppl spent traveling to test centres. . . if I did this test at home I wouldn't complain. One would think you're going to a controlled centre, but you just find out that the chaos isn't sheltered by test centres; it has nothing to do with the centres.
Looking at the crowd that took the test, chances are already very slim. What really is lost if you point out a glaring glitch? And though I asked for the link, I haven't been able to read the post. I believe he referred to dragnet. Besides the two are separate entities, there's dragnet on my pinky and then there's Mobil on my thumb. If they're looking for sound candidates, with their scope of experience, it is just natural to wish an equal level of soundness from who's appraising/hiring. AB-InBev host their tests and video interviews on their own platform...just saying though, I dunno the costs but I believe Mobil is bigger than AB-InBev.
One may not be able to change the outcome of this, plus I dunno much about being a unionist as my workplace doesn't permit such either, but I believe unions would become obsolete if employers did what was sane/humane.
So, if the thought leader has thought these and is convinced to bring it to light, I'm not calling that a wrong move or foolishness, but uprightness.
As a general statement, the more protests there are IFO suppression of basic rights, the worse the ills will get. There's no other way about that.

One bloke is still out there calling out first timers...hmm, You will be shocked.

@ first bolded, the fact that a Joe has written the test a number of times makes him experienced in writing test, this means his skills has improved. Go on SHL you will see where they mentioned practice and practice. Again, writing tests at different times proves you are aiming at success. It’s a skill sought for. I told tell “geniuses” if you university can’t refer you for an enployement then learn with the regular joe you find hustling for jobs. The geniuses I know got referred to employers by their universities. @ second bolded, there will always be jobseekers and the situation in Nigeria isn’t encouraging. May I ask? Why didn’t you shun the job ad and face your business. Relax and chill. There is a system and a process not everyone is interested in running a business. @ third and fourth bolded, even if you do the test on your bed, some of you will still find excuses. I remember many criticizing Shell and asking what does she’ll want after they failed at the online assessment. & fifth bolded, Mobil already has a relationship with dragnet. They don’t know you. If you cannot respect dragnet that has a relationship with Mobil, how then will you respect the process in Mobil when you are employed as a “trainee”. The companies that have their own platform have a “global trainee program” this means graduates come in periodically over the globe at the same time. I believe Mobil has same but I am not sure it is applicable to Nigeria. @ last bolded what are you bringing to light? What was wrong with the t st really? Co-ordination or what? I would think There are CCTV cameras around the Centre. Dragnet won’t be silly not to behave. Whatever rants and behavior all over the media is what is typical of a Nigerian graduate. The oversabi and inability to learn and be taught by them.

Who else is not following this long write ups?

COOLCATS:
are you the one that determines the suitability of the test you are given. What kind are you looking out for? You want to set the question yourself? Are you are recruitment consultant? Dragnet is known to have conducted test for many firms in Nigeria- multinational and indigenous. Do you think the management of these companies and the HR department of these companies don’t know what they are doing? You guys need to learn many things. Stop complaining and go prepare for the next one.

I won't bother replying in detail with what I am trying to point at. But just know that it isn't suitable,

COOLCATS:
info info but yet ignorance obviously. A security man cannot give out that info. It will be very unprofessional of him. Google expatriates. White men don’t come as security personnel because they do not have enough intelligence on the security of the nation. Except you are talking CIA or FBI. Did you write the experienced hire. The white men are part of the recruitment team and whatever info they give is true. 2 to 4 weeks may be the time for completion of the recruitment. It is obvious Mobil don’t want to waste time. Don’t Honk you have any concrete info. This is a recruitment handled by top level staff and privacy and confidentiality is key. Do you think the white nan didn’t know they will be contacted before 2 weeks. Make una chill small make over Sani no kill una.

I'm not asking you not to keep hope alive. Don't give yourself hypertension over this, ehn. Usually the interviews are in phases and could span for up to 3 weeks. So chill.

And no, I didn't write the test.

I totally agree with you. People need to understand that we are not in control of the recruitment process so we can't determine the type, the pattern of the questions
or the time allocated to the questions to be set. I didn't do well in the most of the sections and when I look back, there was nothing I could do better than that. I tried my best and I am just praying for the odds to favor me. And if it doesn't, I know that I have another path to take. So start accepting your fate and move on

COOLCATS:
are you the one that determines the suitability of the test you are given. What kind are you looking out for? You want to set the question yourself? Are you are recruitment consultant? Dragnet is known to have conducted test for many firms in Nigeria- multinational and indigenous. Do you think the management of these companies and the HR department of these companies don’t know what they are doing? You guys need to learn many things. Stop complaining and go prepare for the next one.

COOLCATS:
are you the one that determines the suitability of the test you are given. What kind are you looking out for? You want to set the question yourself? Are you are recruitment consultant? Dragnet is known to have conducted test for many firms in Nigeria- multinational and indigenous. Do you think the management of these companies and the HR department of these companies don’t know what they are doing? You guys need to learn many things. Stop complaining and go prepare for the next one.

Bitter truth. Our role is to take test or decline taking the test. We have no right to tell the company what kind of test is best or suitable for us.

mos4phy:
I won't bother replying in detail with what I am trying to point at. But just know that it isn't suitable, i have friends that wrote the graduate engineer test for other countries and i was perplexed as to how different it was and how skill and capability focused it was not like a generic ''typical'' aptitude test we are given here in nigeria, probably due to the high volume of applicants and the nigerian eco system. Hence the need to contract it to firms like dragnet who are not suitable for such.

Don't let me go too much in detail, i don't like stressing on the internet or on forums. It can't change anything so what's the use

Mobil recruits graduate engineer in other countries on a rolling basis. you have mentioned the reason, " due to high volume". They want to give each and every one of you a chance. Do you know what plagued the oil industry in the last 5 years. Multinational service companies are hiring but it is secretly, in house things. This means if you don't know someone who is able to submit your CV, you can't even write a test. Mobil could have decided to make this recruitment in house. if they did, will you be here complaining? now they have put everyone on the same level, you are still complaining. Why would you say dragnet is not suitable? what are your reasons? Dragnet are is a hiring and recruitment consulting company... why are they not suitable for this. You will defend your skills at subsequent stages, you will do what other guys in other countries are doing in the stages to come!

datascience:
Who else is not following this long write ups?

Meeeeeee

All these long stories you people are writing here.

Who has time to read your bickering and arguments?

Definitely not me.

Disgraceful that you people are still on about how Dragnet chose to set their own questions.

Nonsense.

Well, I didn't want to speak concerning the suitability of the test but at this point, let me just say this.

The test was not fair enough for the purpose it was meant to serve. I can boldly say that if you put dragnet boss on that room to take the test, he will perform even poorly.

Let me break down my points here.
1. The verbal timing was very inappropriate for the test. For instance, we were given 20 questions to answer within 17minutes. In each question, we were expected to find two correct answers in it. This means you have about 20-25secs to find a correct answer which are not following each other in the passage. Even TOEFL don't administer their reading test like that.

2. The numerical reasoning was also not good enough, not because the questions were difficult, but because the timing was also poor. For instance, this is not a paper test where you have all the questions facing you. What I'm trying to say is that the distance from the table or chart to the questions which requires scrolling down was not fair. When you read the chart, you scroll down to see the question, you take few seconds to understand the question, then you scroll up again to correlate the question with the chart or table and you have to do this for all the questions. Remember you were given just 1 minute to go through all this unnecessary time consuming processes.

3. The verbal was out of the game. For instance, when you take some test even with PwC, you will see some practice test just for you to understand how the questions goes, until you are done practicing, you can now start taking your test. This is what is expected when you want to test the best brains to get the best out of them. You don't set questions where the past questions are not available and you made it so blurred and very difficult without a practice test for as many that would want to understand it.

4. The skill test was fair enough for people who revised their undergraduate courses very well.

If your lecturers in school come to the exam hall with questions he never taught in the classroom and without any available past questions to the questions, how will you feel?

Please note that I am not saying all these to say that dragnet didn't do well or not, but what I'm saying is that they can improve on the mode of operations and administration of test.

Thanks

Tsound007:
Well, I didn't want to speak concerning the suitability of the test but at this point, let me just say this.

The test was not fair enough for the purpose it was meant to serve. I can boldly say that if you put dragnet boss on that room to take the test, he will perform even poorly.

Let me break down my points here.
1. The verbal timing was very inappropriate for the test. For instance, we were given 20 questions to answer within 17minutes. In each question, we were expected to find two correct answers in it. This means you have about 20-25secs to find a correct answer which are not following each other in the passage. Even TOEFL don't administer their reading test like that.

2. The numerical reasoning was also not good enough, not because the questions were difficult, but because the timing was also poor. For instance, this is not a paper test where you have all the questions facing you. What I'm trying to say is that the distance from the table or chart to the questions which requires scrolling down was not fair. When you read the chart, you scroll down to see the question, you take few seconds to understand the question, then you scroll up again to correlate the question with the chart or table and you have to do this for all the questions. Remember you were given just 1 minute to go through all this unnecessary time consuming processes.

3. The verbal was out of the game. For instance, when you take some test even with PwC, you will see some practice test just for you to understand how the questions goes, until you are done practicing, you can now start taking your test. This is what is expected when you want to test the best brains to get the best out of them. You don't set questions where the past questions are not available and you made it so blurred and very difficult without a practice test for as many that would want to understand it.

4. The skill test was fair enough for people who revised their undergraduate courses very well.

If your lecturers in school come to the exam hall with questions he never taught in the classroom and without any available past questions to the questions, how will you feel?

Please note that I am not saying all these to say that dragnet didn't do well or not, but what I'm saying is that they can improve on the mode of operations and administration of test.

Thanks

which would you hire? The best from the simplest of testsor the best from the hardest and most difficult of tests?

The solution to all this argument is when interview invites start rolling in .....

The country is so laden with people who see a problem and shrug and be like, well, it is not the first instance of the problem, so it cannot be a problem at all, and there's no need for redress. So you guys can go ahead and proliferate debatable info to sandbag the excesses.
@poeticjustice, you're neither the first nor last who'ld write dragnet test and pass the first time; it is immaterial. And @coolcat, you guys have presumed sooo much...and thriving on this lot of ignorance can be really brutal; I know really smart people who were not referred by their schools to anywhere...
Look I'm really tired of saying the same thing so you guys can keep missing it as basic as it is, imposing your opinions (much of which I've seen evidence to the contrary!) because you're too advanced and oversabi isn't your problem. Wow. Everybody can learn from anybody.
Time will prove everything.
Pls let us return to our duty posts, I'm reeaally tired.

Feex:


Exactly! Getting an ExxonMobil job can be life changing so no need to provide false information here.

A few info:

*The 2 white guys you saw during the test are most likely security personnel (expatriates). So you dont necessarily rely on the 2 or 4 weeks they mention. Management decide that.

* The most important stage is the first interview currently ongoing. Once you pass that, there is 90% chance you eventually get the job. There is one more interview though.

* information reaching me is that more than .0 engineers in total will be hired

* mails for Graduate position interview has not yet started rolling in. Most likely next week.

The white guys you saw for the experienced hire are contract staffs of the Mobil training school (TTC).

I don't believe there will be another interview.

souljar:
The country is so laden with people who see a problem and shrug and be like, well, it is not the first instance of the problem, so it cannot be a problem at all, and there's no need for redress. So you guys can go ahead and proliferate debatable info to sandbag the excesses.
@poeticjustice, you're neither the first nor last who'ld write dragnet test and pass the first time; it is immaterial. And @coolcat, you guys have presumed sooo much...and thriving on this lot of ignorance can be really brutal; I know really smart people who were not referred by their schools to anywhere...
Look I'm really tired of saying the same thing so you guys can keep missing it as basic as it is, imposing your opinions (much of which I've seen evidence to the contrary!) because you're too advanced and oversabi isn't your problem. Wow. Everybody can learn from anybody.
Time will prove everything.
Pls let us return to our duty posts, I'm reeaally tired.

i didnt get where your coming from

gygygy:
The solution to all this argument is when interview invites start rolling in .....

Truly.

souljar:
The country is so laden with people who see a problem and shrug and be like, well, it is not the first instance of the problem, so it cannot be a problem at all, and there's no need for redress. So you guys can go ahead and proliferate debatable info to sandbag the excesses.
@poeticjustice, you're neither the first nor last who'ld write dragnet test and pass the first time; it is immaterial. And @coolcat, you guys have presumed sooo much...and thriving on this lot of ignorance can be really brutal; I know really smart people who were not referred by their schools to anywhere...
Look I'm really tired of saying the same thing so you guys can keep missing it as basic as it is, imposing your opinions (much of which I've seen evidence to the contrary!) because you're too advanced and oversabi isn't your problem. Wow. Everybody can learn from anybody.
Time will prove everything.
Pls let us return to our duty posts, I'm reeaally tired.

exactly

tempest01:


The white guys you saw for the experienced hire are contract staffs of the Mobil training school (TTC).

I don't believe there will be another interview.

there is definitely going to be a 2nd stage interview. Take that to the bank. But this 1st stage interview is the most important.

You are probably right about the white folks. I didn't write the test. I know they aren't senior managers though.

mos4phy:


exactly bro. I know too well to not even try to explain my points on here to people like @coolcat. The same problem we associate with nigeria is what's affecting even something so controllable as Exxonmobil's graduate engineer aptitude test. I was in texas a while back - Exxon's HQ and got first hand accounts of how it is being done there. But some people just want to take mediocrity because that's how it is. The only thing i agree with them on is that we can't change it, so no need stressing.

But trust me, if i was in a position of power, i would surely revamp the lazy process of Exxon's Graudate engineer initial recruitment test for Nigerians, that same lazy process that brought about using the inappropriate Dragent test.

stop showing your ignorance and get some real work experience. If you were at Mobil HQ, you will understand that there is a process and a reason why Mobil is using Dragnet for the first stage of this Graduate application. Are you saying the HR Director with over 20 years experience and other top level guys don't actually know what they are doing. Dragnet conducted the 2012 graduate recruitment, have you bothered to ask yourself why they are still using dragnet. Do you think this recruitment was made open by some graduate trainee? Go back to Texas and ask the right questions. you will understand that every global process is subject to local terms and conditions.

sowilli:
stop showing your ignorance and get some real work experience. If you were at Mobil HQ, you will understand that there is a process and a reason why Mobil is using Dragnet for the first stage of this Graduate application. Are you saying the HR Director with over 20 years experience and other top level guys don't actually know what they are doing. Dragnet conducted the 2012 graduate recruitment, have you bothered to ask yourself why they are still using dragnet. Do you think this recruitment was made open by some graduate trainee? Go back to Texas and ask the right questions. you will understand that every global process is subject to local terms and conditions.

Lol, keep missing the point. But it's fine. No issues. Let's end it and move on. Best

Funny comments up in here mehn

souljar:
The country is so laden with people who see a problem and shrug and be like, well, it is not the first instance of the problem, so it cannot be a problem at all, and there's no need for redress. So you guys can go ahead and proliferate debatable info to sandbag the excesses.
@poeticjustice, you're neither the first nor last who'ld write dragnet test and pass the first time; it is immaterial. And @coolcat, you guys have presumed sooo much...and thriving on this lot of ignorance can be really brutal; I know really smart people who were not referred by their schools to anywhere...
Look I'm really tired of saying the same thing so you guys can keep missing it as basic as it is, imposing your opinions (much of which I've seen evidence to the contrary!) because you're too advanced and oversabi isn't your problem. Wow. Everybody can learn from anybody.
Time will prove everything.
Pls let us return to our duty posts, I'm reeaally tired.

seriously, I am yet to understand what your rant is about. The difficulty, the co-ordination or the acclaimed leak test. I am yet to figure out what the problem of this test is and how it relates to the situation in Nigeria. You are mentioned Joe and Genius like you are better than the crowd that came to write the exam. Genuises don't complain over things they have no power over and I want you to learn as fast as possible. I wouldn't want you to keep complaining. I was once in your shoes. I kept complaining and the more I do, the more I see people get these juicy jobs and offer. The earlier you realise these complains are selfish and does not actually reflect the true situations of things, the better for you.

Hello, good day. Please I'm Pius by name from Delta state, I'm in need of employment for the position of Mechanical engineering. I graduated recently with a national diploma, but I already had 5years of working experience before I further my education. I repair, overhaul, troubleshoot and install Marine/Industrial engines. Please any info would be very helpful. Thanks!

I have a friend he graduated with 2.2 from petroleum engineering and he also wrote this dragnet examination what is his fate bcoz the guy told me yesterday that he is scared if he excels in the examination would Mobil still take him with that 2.2 result

How did he pass thru the screening stage with a 2.2 result?

olakunle5:
I have a friend he graduated with 2.2 from petroleum engineering and he also wrote this dragnet examination what is his fate bcoz the guy told me yesterday that he is scared if he excels in the examination would Mobil still take him with that 2.2 result

Delightsome077:
How did he pass thru the screening stage with a 2.2 result?

I dont know o but he wrote