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Anonymous Interview Candidate

Declined Offer
Positive Experience
Easy Interview
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I interviewed at Marathon Oil

Interview

They spent most of the time asking about previous experience and how it would lead to me being a great employee for their company. I told them I felt like making the customers feel like they had a good transaction would be the best of what I had to offer.

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Anonymous Interview Candidate

No Offer
Positive Experience
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I interviewed at Marathon Oil

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The interview took about an hour. Interviewers were casual and easy to talk to. This was a panel interview with three interviewers. They sat across the table and took turns asking questions.

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Anonymous Interview Candidate in Houston, TX

No Offer
Positive Experience
Easy Interview
Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Marathon Oil (Houston, TX) in Mar 2022

Interview

On Teams face to face first round interview with hiring manager and senior DBA. asking a lot of question regards to my master's degree and when I finished and if I get another opportunity would I leave them or not. They wanted guarantee

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  • why would we use copy-only backup?
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Anonymous Employee in Carlsbad, NM

Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Marathon Oil (Carlsbad, NM) in Sep 2021

Interview

It was a 2 part interview. The process was rather quick and easy. The communication was great and I heard back within a week. Each interview had two people. The interview felt laid back and interviewers were great!

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Anonymous Employee

Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Easy Interview
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I interviewed at Marathon Oil

Interview

The interview process was very professional with a very friendly and family oriented overtone with welfare for your interest in the job position being offered, as well as your past employment history and family values.

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  • Where do you see yourself in 5 yrs., 10 yrs., 15 yrs. down the road with the company?
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Anonymous Employee

Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Marathon Oil

Interview

Very comfortable interview; able to have a conversation and ask questions about the company that were clearly answered. Laid back. The gentlemen who conducted the interview were my supervisors and spoke very highly of the company and ability for growth.

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  • My previous experience. Strengths and weaknesses.
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Anonymous Interview Candidate in Houston, TX

No Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
Application

I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Marathon Oil (Houston, TX) in Aug 2019

Interview

I applied online through a job website and was emailed a request for a preliminary interview at their office in Houston. The first interview was very informal and took place in the coffee shop at the base of the office building. The questions were very broad at this interview, it was intended as an initial meet-and-greet to get a "feel" for potential candidates and lasted just under and hour. Once that interview was completed, I waited about a week to hear back about the second round interview. The second round interview was a series of several individual interviews. The were four sessions with 2 interviewers in each session asking much more specific job-based questions. Each session lasted about 30 minutes. Once this process was completed I waited to hear back for another week but was, unfortunately, not given an offer.

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Anonymous Interview Candidate in Houston, TX

No Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
Application

I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Marathon Oil (Houston, TX) in Aug 2019

Interview

Applied online. Received a phone call to have a phone interview scheduled with the hiring manager/direct supervisor. Received an invitation for an in-person interview with 4 different managers. 3 separate 30 minute interviews. All behavioral questions.

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  • Name a time you had to handle a difficult situation? How did you handle it?
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Anonymous Interview Candidate in Houston, TX

No Offer
Neutral Experience
Average Interview
Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Marathon Oil (Houston, TX) in Oct 2018

Interview

Called in for an in-person interview, there was no phone screen by HR or the hiring manager. Was not contacted for the second round of interviews. Saw the job reposted about a month later.

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  • Tell me about your experience working with challenging people
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Anonymous Interview Candidate

No Offer
Negative Experience
Average Interview
Application

I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Marathon Oil

Interview

The interview itself was not so terrible but the experience overall was. I dealt with 4 different HR people. I kept getting kicked around from one to the other. I had to travel from out of state to interview and the HR person didn't even know this. When I asked about travel reimbursement they were clueless that I had to travel. I had to keep bringing the issue up until I finally got an answer. I pretty much had to find my own means of getting to the interview which ended up having to be on a Friday afternoon because I had to drive 8 hrs to get to it. The interviewers were pleasant but one did let me know they would rather have spent their afternoon elsewhere. The interview was a panel interview mainly dealing with technical questions regarding my experience. I did not get an offer or the courtesy of letting me know I didn't. Followed up a few times regarding the status of the job and got very vague answers. You would think given all the effort I put into getting to the interview I would get some feedback or reimbursed. Got neither.

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Marathon Oil Interviews FAQs

Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Marathon Oil as 73.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.81 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Production Engineer and Refinery Operator rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Information Technology Specialist and Customer Service roles were rated as the easiest.

The hiring process at Marathon Oil takes an average of 16.88 days when considering 82 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Software Tester had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas IT Business Analyst roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 120 days).

Common stages of the interview process at Marathon Oil according to 82 Glassdoor interviews include:

Group Panel Interview: 24.03%

One on One Interview: 20.13%

Drug Test: 15.58%

Background Check: 14.94%

Phone Interview: 12.34%

Skills Test: 7.14%

Personality Test: 4.55%

Presentation: 0.65%

IQ Intelligence Test: 0.65%

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Any genuinely good way to answer the "biggest weakness" question without sounding like a cliche. Anyone have any good examples?

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I interview with this place about a week and a half ago. I think it went well and in the interview she said the next step would be a writing example, so I did that. Sent it to them the day it was due and haven't heard back since. She did say any next steps would be after thanksgiving since everyone was busy and their calendars full last week. I followed up on Monday with an email, but haven't heard back. Maybe it's taking awhile or should I try again end of week? I would at least like feedback.

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