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No...a friend of mine just interviewed for the same position today..I guess they are looking for more than 1 person because the roles is actually stated as "Integrity Engineers" the status is still showing "Thank you for participating in our interview process" If someone is not successful what will their status show?

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Yes I have heard that they are hiring multiple engineers for that role. I had my first interview as well and waiting for the next one. Good luck! Any advice you can give for the interview?

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They're always looking for more than 1 so don't worry about that. Even for my role they were looking for because some people go there and they don't like and come back home. Others don't seem to cope well in the environment because they're not used to it, people back out at the last minute, etc...

I have no idea what their status will show because I was approached by Aramco themselves to apply so this has been the first time I've applied to them and, thank God, I passed. If it's still showing that then my guess is that they're still going through the selection as they may need more people for that specific role and then they will decide. I'll ask a friend of mine who works there.

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I have not been contacted. But my online profile on Saudi Aramco career portal changed to “ you have been selected for interview” . This was in April. But I have not heard anything from them at all!!

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they will contact you at some point. I had that before my first interview and after a month or so, they sent an email asking me for my availability.

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If I’m successful with the paperwork, I intend to do some recording because there isn’t enough information on the compound or what it’s like on the internet. It’ll be to show my family mainly who will be in the UK still until I get their permits sorted so that they can see what it’s like.

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That is a very good idea. There used be a lot of information on the Aramco expats forum until the website was shut down last month. How long did they say it will take for the paper work to be sorted?

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Have you been able to ask your friend what the status of someone who is not successful will show?

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It should be all wrapped by the end of July where I will get my Visa and some other documents. Once I have that in hand, I've been told to hand my notice in. Once you arrive in Saudi, there's more checks and paperwork waiting fo you which will take another month to get the Iqama (residency permit). Then another month to apply for my wife and kids to have their visas/yellow slips sorted so that they can join me over there. They will also have to complete the paperwork to get their residency permit. In total, it's about 3 months excluding the notice period. There's about 4000 riyal charge per annum for the family which we have to pay for.

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I did. He said you should see the message 'We appreciate your interest but have decided to proceed with candidates whose skills better align with the role'. He also said that if you weren't succesful, then that message shuold appear 1 week later, at most 2. However, if it still says thank you for participating after 3 weeks or later then there's a good chance that you've made the round especially if it's the first interview. There's also a chance that someone else may have been offered that role and they've got you as a runner up candidate. At this point, they'll see if the primary candidate will accept the role, and pass the checks/paperwork; if not then they'll move on to the runner up candidates.

They usually have the primary candidate followed by 2 runner up candidates just in case things don't work out mostly due to visa, paperwork, background checks, or people changing their mind at the last minute.

As for the second interview, if you've performed extremely well then you should hear back within a few hours. If you haven't heard back after a week or 2, then that means that you still have a good chance as they're still either interviewing others to see how they measure up or you're a runner up candidate or they're seeing if they have space for an additional resource or they're trying to put together a team.

Another thing of interest he did mention is that hiring is very seasonal over there so you may not hear back from them for a while. Most likely, you will hear something from them in mid-July in preparation for August where they start onboarding the next set of candidates for those who had their second interviews in June.

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Hello..

Do you mind sharing how long has ur application been on this status - "Congrats! Your application has been forwarded to the hiring organization"?

Mine has been showing this for two months now..

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since April, i did manage to speak with someone in HR. They said will likely be on hold till Sept. There is a lot or recalibration going on atm.

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Hi there, would you mind sharing how did the salary negotiations go? Did the make a great deal for not getting salary slips?
Thank you.

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Initially. they were being painful but once I arranged a meeting between the HR rep and the organisation I work for, the salary negotiations went well. They were told by the 'organisation' that my personal info will not be released beyond UK borders so they never got them in the end. Also, before I was allowed to speak with anyone from Aramco, I performed a background check on them first to verify them before proceeding with any conversation.

They had no choice but to give me what I wanted as I was already on an extremely high salary and I was in a very fortunate position as they were quite eager to get me to join due to my specialist skillsets. They came back within a few hours of me doing the final interview that I've passed and that they would like me to join as soon as possible. The first offer they made which was NET + 20%, I said that's not good enough for me to leave this country and work for you guys. We had 6 intense rounds of negotiations if I recall correctly and let's put it this way, I would have to be a CEO of a major american company to earn this kind of money plus it's tax free.

The biggest challenge I'm having now is that they seem to have different individuals for each stage of the process where they require more paperwork so it means I have to through this method of verification shall we call it to show them why such information will not be made available to a foreign entity.

I'm very close to calling it quits if I'm honest with the amount and the type of paperwork they're requesting. I've actually had arguments with them on how ridiculous they're being but they bounce back like robots and say the same message.

Their recruitment process is not for the faint of hearts. It's a pain in the rear.

Hey there, any updates on when the interview might be set up? Thank you.

Thanks for sharing. This is helpful information.