Anyone CEng?

[big_white_dog84]

I have just submitted my application to the IET so it's now a wait to see if they will take me to their interview panel. The few reviews I have been able to find about the process don't fill me with much confidence - seems to be pretty much 'we run with volunteers so please don't expect anything to happen quickly, efficiently or professionally'.

Does anyone have recent experience of the process? - especially with the IET?

 

[big_white_dog84]

A lot more people CEng than I had anticipated!

I have been told the whole process takes around 20 weeks from start to finish so I'm guessing I will only make the May board mentioned in one of the posts above if I'm successful.

I want it so I can stand out in the company I work for where less than 5% of the engineers have CEng. The management have watered down the status of the engineer, and have now set up an 'engineering apprenticeship' where they turn school leavers into engineers after 4 years - on the same salary as MEng / MSc graduates with two years in the company. I'm really looking forward to getting CEng on my business card and email signature (although they also have a policy of having no letters after the name in these places because so many in the company have noting at all).

 

[big_white_dog84]

I heard this week that I have passed their desktop assessment and the next stage will be an interview. I have read elsewhere that the success rate for those reaching interview is 80%+ so here's hoping.