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I am glad to be able to clinch a job in Shell through SRD. I did not give much hope in SRD beforehand because I took it as a challenge and more of a free test on my skills (can claim traveling and accommodation expensive*) In my attempt to get jobs during my university time, no matter what the company is, I had been assisted by many people, my friends who offered me transportation convenience, interview and job advices, moral support and also those LYN forumers who shared their experience and attended to my inquiries on the net. Therefore, I felt the responsibility to contribute some information that I have previously obtained both from exposure and enquiries. I hope the below information will help you to have a clearer picture of the SRD. SRD is a one day event, which is design to assess the employability criteria set by Shell. It begins with individual case study, followed by group discussion and a technical interview or a business case study if you are not from technical background....

Morning, I woke up yawning before coffee and I can assure you that Dynasty Hotel is 'clean'. Believe me, I've been through the night in the room and nothing happened except that my bedside lamps kept flickering in a 'communicative' manner even when the switches were off. Again, I shared cab with a friend to Piasau Camp, where the srd was held. My assignment was the earliest, starting with individual case study. Performance wise, I was just so so. Did not have enough time to elaborate. Then, it was followed by group case study. Again, performance wise was so so. Did not do well in the press conference part tho. A friend of mine, Yik Joo, took me and Qian Hui for short tour around the town. Actually both the ladies are closer friends that I am. But never mind, I enjoyed the tour and introduction to Miri town. The ais kacang was something special, well mine was named special. Then, we went strolling around Luak beach before visiting a recreational park with suspension...

So, it was 4am in the morning that I woke. Took a cab to KLIA, charged a freaking RM80 (in the name of midnight ride, the driver claimed) Reached KLIA in 30 mins, the driver was a racer in his previous life Stay in the airport for good (dull) 2 hours before flight at 8.30am. Did not expect free meal with Fererro Roche in the plane. Wow, MAS service really does improved a lot, with the total ticket cost more than half of Air Asia's. Reached Miri by almost 11, and next a cab to Dynasty Hotel. The stay was not bad, well, better than my experience in Oriental Hotel Penang.. 12.30pm: Went for pre- srd briefing, meet an acquantaince, who happened to be my senior in Nottingham U. Took a cab to Piasau Camp together and also pissed a taxi driver off for ffk-ing a previous booking. Well, not entirely my fault, he called up quite late to confirm my booking. How can he call back to confirm at the same time I need to board a cab! 2-5pm: It's all about the SRD.. intro, briefing and some exer...

So the trip to Miri for Shell Recruitment Day began. I took a morning train trip from Bukit Mertajam to KL Sentral. It was the first time I took day railway trip in the 4 years as previously, I prefer the night train so I can sleep in there and resume my life on the next day at destination. The train was rather empty but the commotion from other passengers really defied the environment. Anyway, it was a dreadful 8 hours trip without any sleep. Reached KL around 3pm, took a cab back to Semenyih house. What an incident.. happened to stumble upon a woman breastfeeding her baby in KTM commuter..okay... it looked awkward. Had my whole night at Semenyih without TV and Internet, just preparing for my interview and went for early sleep.