An HR specialist and the head of engineering at GDF came to my university to advertise vacant positions in engineering with a presentation. They described the environment as being highly competitive. The head of engineering, a woman in her late 30s in an all-black business suit said she had risen to her position in only four years, which is a rarity. The HR lady, head of the HR dept. at GDF was wearing a white blouse and long pink skirt, she smiled somewhat but it was clear that she was "at work", the presentation was very businesslike. I applied with a resumé highlighting my talents and knowledge of equipment, its purposes and some time management principles I use. I had no previous experience, but I got an interview, after sending my resumé via email. However, this isn't very significant, because about 1000 others also got an interview. The building they use in Bucharest is very conservative, just three potted plants and a lot of glass doors. The concierge had two lights, one was too weak and one was too strong, perhaps indicative of the company's attitude towards employees. Everyone was wearing all-black, except a few of the workers who were in jeans and shirts, perhaps they had just come from field work. The interview consisted of choosing good and bad attributes from a long list with no quantitative way to say exactly how much of a trait you thought you had. This was easy and fast and it was followed by a discussion with the HR dept. head that also gave the aforementioned presentation, this time she had a black jacket and skirt on. She was very balanced in her questions, very professional. We had a chat about my activities. I think writing "modern psychology" was a mistake, because she spoke more than I did, corrected me on various things, she also cut me off a lot, despite me being a pretty vocal person, who doesn't often shut up when others start speaking, before finishing a sentence. I suggest you don't write any activities you like to do that an interviewer might have a connection with, like psychology, try things like martial arts, chess, dancing etc, something you can explain why you like to do them. She asked me questions like "what was your greatest challenge in life?", "what achievement are you most proud of and why?", very general things like that, "where do you see yourself in five years?". I think I came off as too enthusiastic, next time I'll be more professional. I didn't get an offer because they were mass-hiring, they even called people who have nothing to do with engineering, such as those studying economics, since they train people internally to work, so how good you actually are at something or how much you know doesn't seem as important as just being a good follower, which I believe was a minus for me because I like to put things to the test and change them for the better. What they wanted to do was refresh their personnel, I can't give any indication about promotions or salaries, though the salary couldn't have been high for people who were essentially students. A former colleague of mine did pass this selection, he was hired to work in a town not very far from Bucharest, but it is a commute, while not getting paid extra for working outside his home town. All-in-all, it seems like a basic corporation, not trusting of its employees, highly traditional, with a pretty strict dress code, oriented towards maximizing company profit, not employee quality of life.