<p>Well I guess I’ll help you out a bit. My overall GPA is very similar to yours, around the 2.8 range. My GPA was heavily affected due to the fact that I helped take care of a family member of mine with cancer between my freshman and sophomore years. However, my Petrol GPA is a 4.0, and all the classes that count towards my major are put me at a 3.57. I really turned it around. I landed a job with one of the big 5 oil companies. ~90k large to start, pension, stock options, and a great 401k match. Paid travel, food, and living expenses. I have previous experience working in a manufacturing plant as well as leadership skills, doing training, safety meetings, etc. The plant focused on oil field manufacturing work so I have a vast knowledge of oil field drilling and completion tools. After talking with a global recruiter he told me communication skills out weigh your technical ability. Something like 85 percent communication and 15 percent technical. I’ll be in drilling and exploration, so knowing how to speak in front of people and supervise a crew is essential. I can’t speak the same for the production or reservoir guys though. No clue about that side. However, they like my ability to communicate and if your are able to interview well then you should stand a good chance.</p>
<p>I did three interviews, a screening, a phone, and an onsite in Houston. Flew first class, very nice indeed. The onsite seemed more focused on whether I would fit in the company culture or not. They use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) method so watch out. You have to be on your game. The phone interviewer was blown away by my ability to relate real world problems/examples and communicate effectively. Big plus there, she said I had really good examples. </p>
<p>I don’t know man, I think you have a shot. If you can talk and present yourself well you stand as good a chance as any 4.0 that is a introverted, and can’t speak to save his/her life. At least that is the vibe I get from them. I speak from the drilling perspective though, and drilling is my passion anyway so it worked to my advantage. </p>
<p>Try to get on with an operator, not a service company. I was trying to avoid the service ones at all costs. I just got a really bad vibe from them about work life balance and just overall company outlook.</p>
<p>Another thing to note is that I’ve noticed a lot of Mechanical Engineers and even one aerospace guy on the drilling side. So for future reference Mechanical/Petroleum should be a good bet for the drilling side of things. Also, acing your Well Drilling class would help as well, haha.</p>