PETRONAS internship review 2025 — the real experiencE
by Aisyah Kadir·May 24, 2026
Just wrapped up 6 months in the upstream division. HerE's what actually happens.
You are given a real project. Not a training exercise — an actual deliverable that someone will use. That was the best part. My project involved analysing data that fed into a planning report for the following quarter.
Mentoring is structured. You have a direct supervisor plus access to a senior technical mentor. The quality varies — mine were excellent, friends in other divisions reported being largely ignored.
Allowance: RM1,800/month for engineering interns. Below some private sector tech companies but the experience on your CV is worth the difference for most people in this field.
If you get converted to a graduate placement, you're looking at a total package that most private sector roles genuinely can't match. The intern-to-graduate pipeline is real and worth taking seriously.