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Updated May 22, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Field Engineer at Schlumberger
Posted Sep 29, 2011
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 (took a day)
1:1 Interview. The interviewer was very nice and energetic. He smiled a lot and made strong eye contact. I made sure to do the same. The questions began very general but progressively become more detail oriented and later very technical. It was difficult to gauge how the answers were taken, as the interviewer's behavior and response were very consistent and positive throughout. Asked detailed questions about resume. Some behavioral questions based on resume. And problem solving question.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Field Engineer at Schlumberger
Posted Sep 19, 2011
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Houston, TX (took 2 days)
a 1 on 1 interview was followed up by a visit to Oaklahoma City, where about 12 other potential recruits were staying we spent 2 days doing various team exercises, mostly designed to test social skills. The second day the group made a trip to several oild feild sites to see how the company works. The end of the second day was a relaxed evening dining out.
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The only negotiations I did was over location, and the pay is based on location.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Field Engineer at Schlumberger
Posted Sep 10, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took a day)
it was at a nsbe convention. they selected me and the interview was the next day. a couple of questions tell me about yourself. why petroleum engineering? what was the most difficult decision you had to make in your life?
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just a week to accept your offer
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Field Engineer at Schlumberger
Posted Sep 6, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Maracaibo (Venezuela) (took a day)
I received an offer by email to an interview 1:1, it was all natural with the recruiter who make questions about myself and hypothetical situations and my leadership qualities.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Field Engineer at Schlumberger
Posted Aug 24, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 (took 3 days)
I sent in a resume a few months ago on a lark --- not even a cover letter. I was shocked when they called and asked me for a phone interview!
The phone interview was not very out of the ordinary: a few behavioral questions and brain teasers. By the end of the phone interview, the recruiter had already made up her mind that I was going to be flown in for a second interview and confirmed the date for that.
Two weeks after the phone interview, I was flown down to Texas and put up in a nice hotel. The on-site interview was just as described by other posters on this site (in the interest of not being redundant, I'll gloss over this). The first night we were up until 3AM doing presentations and team building. The next day we went on a site visit for most of the day and then had an exit interview. I got about six hours of sleep over the course of two days, but it was also a fun ride.
My advice to people about to interview:
1. Get lots of sleep before you go down there.
You're going to need it, haha.
2. Have some enthusiasm.
I can't stress this point enough. The group I was interviewing with had a lot of quiet people that asked no questions. As a field engineer, you are not in a cubicle by yourself all the time. You need to show that you're the kind of person who can think on their feet and interact well with people.
3. Remember that you're ALWAYS being evaluated.
During my interview, they asked for volunteers to clean up some of the equipment at the end of the first night. By the end of the night, it was 3AM, and one of the volunteers just completely blew it off. All of the recruiters noticed. Keep things like this in mind.
4. Look at the benefits package for every job you interview for, not just the salary!
People right out of college make this mistake and companies know that. SLB gives you three weeks of vacation as a new hire, so that's really nice. They also have good stock options and 401K matching.
Good luck!
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Salary is not negotiable for new hires, but you can negotiate on location and division (where you work and what you do). Be honest and shrewd with this: I got a great location and start date.
Also, for those of you confused about salary (and why it's so low!), here is how it works:
Base Pay: About 65K (This is no matter how much you're working.)
Training Bonus: 1K/mo (So your starting salary is really closer to 75K...you stop getting this after you're done with training.)
Bonus after training ends: Depends on the job you're doing. You get a flat percentage. So, if you did a 50K job, you might get 1% which would be $500/job. From what I hear, your bonus varies from about $100 to $500 for each day you work. This can double your base salary essentially, but it's not a guarantee.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Field Engineer at Schlumberger
Posted Aug 17, 2011
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2.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took 2 days)
As a petroleum engineer, Schlumberger was a very good company to work. This is why I was surprised when I offered an interview (not a brilliant student I am). They reimbursed the trip, hotel and meals for these two days, but it took 3 months to get the payment.
Actually the first day begun with the signs of un-preparedness of the recruiter. The schedule we were told completely upside-downed, still was not a big problem indeed. There were 15 people which two guys applied just for internship.
The atmosphere was relaxed, at least for me. Recruiter presented Schlumberger and underlined a lot the extreme conditions of the field engineer position. There were many unnecessary talk though, mostly the recruiter tried to answer all detailed questions of us.
The IQ-like tests were incredibly simple. Still I believe, the main qualification were these tests for the recruiter.
The secondary qualification I believe was the self-presentation part on the second day. Mostly our communication level is tested. Recruiter tried to put us under pressure by asking tricky questions, whereas the questions were far from being tricky for some of us.
1:1 interview I believe had no use in the recruiting process. Because I tried to ask questions and negotiate with him but he just give facts, no hard questions, no HR tricks, nothing. He was looking too tired at that time...
I was offered and accepted their international mobile offer. I have not started my job since it has been postponed two times.
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Nothing is open for negotiation for a field engineer I think... They tell you what it takes...
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Field Engineer at Schlumberger
Posted Aug 4, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in Colorado Springs, CO (took 2 days)
I attended the info session at the university and turned in my resume. I got a call for a 1:1 interview for the next day. It was a mix of technical and personality questions. 8 days later I got a email saying I was selected for a 2nd interview. It was scheduled at a time when I had prior commitments and they were quite accommodating and put me with another set of interviewing candidates.
The 2nd interview was basically a test of performance under pressure and sleep deprivation. The evening that we reached there, they had dinner and a detailed info session which lasted late into the night. Candidates were asked to prepare presentations in advance which were presented during this time. We also had a group exercise where they divided us into groups, gave us tape, paper and matchsticks and asked us to build a structure strong enough to sustain the weight of coke cans with the least material possible. The group with the structure supporting most number of cans won. Everyone was up till around 2 am in the night.
The next morning we had to be ready by 7am to go on a site visit. We visited the oil rigs and the machinery shed which took up to 6 pm. After we were back we were handed out forms to complete and fill in. After that there was a 1:1 with the recruiter who was assessing the overall interview experience and the interest of the candidate in the job.
I did not get the job. But overall they were prompt about replies.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Field Engineer at Schlumberger
Posted Jul 28, 2011
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2.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Lubbock, TX (took a day)
It was an interview at Texas Tech, Schlumberger had three interviewers there each one in a room by them alone. Got in the room and it was a 30 minuet time limit. We talked about what past job I have had and what it is I was looking for in a job. The only question I was asked is if I was willing to work for 70+ hours a week
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Field Engineer at Schlumberger
Posted Jul 27, 2011
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3.0
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 (took 2 months)
A recruiter from the Nicholas Charles Company first contacted me about the position via email. After a few phone calls with that recruiter to gauge my interest and compatibility, I was instructed to fill out the official SLB online application while he forwarded details of our interaction to an internal recruiter. Within a week, I received an email from SLB requesting a phone interview that week.
The phone interview consisted of fairly basic questions about leadership experience, ability to step out of comfort zone, difficulty dealing with pressure/how you have handled stressful situations in the past. Be sure to ask thoughtful questions about the company! Keep in mind that you are also trying to see if it's a fit for you.
Within three days of the phone interview, I received an email inviting me to a second round interview session. About a week later, I got an email assigning me to a presentation group, and shortly after, they sent tickets and travel information.
It seems likely that if the company is a good fit for you, the second round interview will be a blast. You do miss out on a good amount of sleep, but if you're prepared for it, the process isn't nearly as grueling as some say. You sit through hours and hours of presentation about the company, segments, benefits, lifestyle, etc. You deliver the presentations -- stay cool and collected -- it's okay not to know everything. Most people getting into this line of work have limited exposure to the details anyway. You get into groups to perform some kind of engineering task (eg. given limited number of supplies and asked to build the most effective ____). This is a great time to show your team-work attitude. I think it reflects well to be cooperative and positive without being afraid to speak out when you have better ideas. Then again, teams work well with different kinds of personalities too, and as long as you know how to get along and make progress, you'll do well. They'll feed you well and send you to your hotel room, which you will likely be sharing with another candidate. This interview is not competitive. We all got along and a bunch of us got really close!
The next day, they will bring you out to an SLB site, introduce you to other SLB engineers who will give you a tour and host a closed-door discussion so they can answer your questions candidly without the recruiters around to make notes. You will also be brought out to one of the nearby operations to see everything in action. Ask questions. (Good general rule for the whole interview.) You will probably be really tired by the time you get back to the hotel, but there will still be one-on-one exit interviews where you submit all the paperwork they have you fill out during your stay. After this, they take you out to a nice dinner, and then everyone typically goes out to the bar together (all on SLB's tab). Be social -- as you'll see, SLB engineers tend to be fun, open-minded and friendly. It's a really great time.
I was told I would hear within a couple of weeks, but it took a little over three weeks to finally receive the offer.
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Negotiation Details
As people have said, you can't really negotiate pay since it follows a scale. However, location and segment are typically up for discussion.
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Field Engineer at Schlumberger
Posted Jul 26, 2011
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2.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Shreveport, LA (took 2 days)
Before you get a 2nd round interview you get a phone interview. This consists of basic questions, why schlumberger, what traits does a good leader have, etc. Then you're invited out for a 2 day interview. First night starts at about 6pm when you listen to about 3 hours of speeches on the company and the position/technology. Then there are some icebreakers and self introductions as well as a group presentation on a technology that you were emailed before you get there. You eat dinner and there is a team exercise, ours was to make a catapult out of some given materials. Of course they pull fast ones on you like taking away materials and group members to see how you cope. You get to bed around 2am.
The next day you're up at 7:30 for breakfast and then travel to the nearest regional headquarters and then out to a drill site. At the depot they take you around and show you a lot of technology that is pretty much over everyone's head but everyone is competing to ask as many questions as they can so you end up listening to a lot unneeded information that doesn't really help you make you decision on if this is the right position for you. It actually seemed as if they frowned on questions like, "what is the life style of a field engineer?" and "how stressful is the position?" questions that one could actually gauge if it was a good fit. Rather they wanted to hear, "how does that pump work?" and "what are the specs on the process water?" questions that really don't matter to anyone except those who are actually using the equipment and most of the time they wouldn't be able to answer because things change to meet each jobs requirements. Never the less, ask about the equipment because, although you'll find the answers mean nothing it shows you're interested about the process rather than yourself. You do this all day. Then, to close, in front of everyone, they ask you if you like'd the experience, if you still want the job, and where. They have you fill out some paper work as well. Finally they take you to dinner on the second night and pay for everything. My group of recruiters got hammered and took us out to a bar afterwards. Don't be an obnoxious drunk but being able to socialize with other employees i'm guessing is a plus. You fly out the next day.
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