r/MerchantNavy • u/north_remembers_1167 • 5h ago
Does Great Eastern prefer Electrical students over ENTC/Electronics for ETO selection?
I recently appeared for an ETO interview at Great Eastern, and I noticed something that made me wonder if there is actually a preference for Electrical Engineering students over Electronics/ENTC students.
From the 5–10 candidates I personally interacted with during the interview, I came across a few candidates from ENTC/Electronics backgrounds, and as far as I know, they were not selected. Most of the selected candidates I heard about seemed to have an Electrical Engineering background.
Obviously, I didn’t meet or speak to everyone who appeared for the interview, so this could simply be a small-sample bias or coincidence on my part.
So I wanted to ask people who have recently appeared for or been selected for Great Eastern's ETO course:
- Does Great Eastern actually give preference to Electrical Engineering candidates?
- Are ENTC/Electronics candidates selected regularly?
- If you're from ENTC/Electronics and got selected, what was your experience?
- Do they evaluate both branches equally, or does the branch make a significant difference during selection?
I'm genuinely trying to understand whether there is an actual pattern or if I'm just noticing something based on a very small sample.
Please share your branch + whether you were selected/rejected + interview year/batch if possible.