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    Schlumberger Field Engineer Interview Questions

    Updated Oct 18, 2017
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    Field Engineer Interview

    Anonymous Interview Candidate in Lubbock, TX
    No Offer
    Positive Experience
    Average Interview

    Application

    I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Schlumberger (Lubbock, TX) in October 2017.

    Interview

    There was a two step interviewing process, the first being on campus following a career fair. The basic interview questions were asked. The second interview was a three day process where they test you mentally.

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      Field Engineer Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Houston, TX
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Schlumberger (Houston, TX) in October 2017.

      Interview

      Straightforward, Basic Behavioral Questions. I got interviewed through the University's Career Fair. The interview was 20-30 mins, Basic questions. My 2nd interview is in 3 weeks. They reply back very fast (within 1 week, sometimes 2 weeks)

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      Field Engineering Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Austin, TX
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Schlumberger (Austin, TX) in September 2017.

      Interview

      Attended campus career fair, where I met with a recruiter who encouraged me to apply online. One week later I got a call scheduling for an on-campus interview. The interview consisted of behavioral and specific questions about Schlumberger, so understand the company .

      Interview Questions

      • Why Schlumberger?
        Describe a time you did something wrong in the field.
        Describe a time you had hands on experience.
        What do you know about what Field Engineers do?
        Are you willing to travel/commit to your job/not being home often?   Answer Question
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      Field Engineer Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Denver, CO
      No Offer
      Negative Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Schlumberger (Denver, CO) in September 2017.

      Interview

      I had an on-campus interview. There were about 5-6 representatives from the company in various rooms and they were seeing maybe like 50 + people that day. The interview slots were supposed to be 30 minutes, but they were running about 15-20 minutes late by the afternoon. The person who interviewed me had no idea what was going on recruiting wise, and supposedly entered all the information I gave her into a laptop computer for some other recruiter to go over. I had questions about the job at the end of the interview, but she told me we were out of time and I could ask them later on if I made it to the second interview.

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      • Tell me about your favorite job from your resume and what you liked about it?   1 Answer

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      Field Engineer Interview

      Anonymous Employee in Oklahoma City, OK
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Schlumberger (Oklahoma City, OK) in September 2017.

      Interview

      I got my first interview on campus which consisted of all behavioral questions and my resume. I got an email a week later inviting me to the next round interview which will be held in Oklahoma City.

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      Field Engineer Interview

      Anonymous Employee
      Accepted Offer
      Neutral Experience
      Easy Interview

      Interview

      After phone interview from third party recruiter went to Oklahoma City. Didn't wear a suit. Group style. Went to some well sites and a yard. Went drinking with the recruiters and fellow interviewees. Be yourself

      Interview Questions

      • Why do you want to be here?   1 Answer

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      Field Engineer Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No Offer
      Neutral Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Schlumberger.

      Interview

      Got the interview from a campus recruiting event. Shortly after, I interviewed on campus for about 20 minutes. About a week later, I received an email regarding a second interview. It was a 3 day interviewing process. First night is intros, presentations (you have to make a short group presentation with the group youre assigned), and some ice breakers. This goes on until about 2 am. The next morning you head to a rig and do a tour of that then you come back to the hotel and do exit interviews followed by a group dinner.

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      Field Engineer Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Houston, TX
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Schlumberger (Houston, TX) in July 2017.

      Interview

      One of the best experiences to go through as an entry level engineer, the recruiters were field engineers before too and they invited other engineers to talk about the segments they worked on and the type of training and hour of work they had. they make sure they tell you, this job is not for everyone, it is 3 year of training and learning with working at least 80 hours a week and can get up to few days to few weeks if the job is not done. also, they told us some of their hard times were they had to stay more than 3 weeks next to the rig until the job was done.

      my first interview was a normal quick behavioral questionnaire phone interview. they are just trying to make sure that you understand what are applying for.
      the second interview started around 6 pm with everyone introducing themselves then we talked about all the segments have openings available, with presentation from the us about segments we were asked to prepare for as groups or by engineers came to introduce those segments. we kept going until 4 am.
      the next day we woke up at 7, had a quick breakfast then got in a bus to visit the testing labs. we had a long tour from 8 am- 3 pm, looking over multiple labs and visiting a testing rig. after that, we went back to the hotel for exit interview and choosing the segment we want to be working for. then we went to eat and we were free to go home.

      Interview Questions

      • why do you think you will be good for this segment? and why would choose working > 80 hour in a field over 40 hours office job?   Answer Question

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      Field Engineer Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Declined Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Schlumberger.

      Interview

      First interview was a standard phone interview. The recruiter contacted me by email after finding my application through SLB's careers website for resume drops -- we set up a time and date and then he called me. Got questions like "Why SLB? Why field engineer? Describe a time when you've had to adapt to something really hard. Etc." Afterwards, got an email inviting me in for a second interview.

      Second interview was same as others have described here. They flew me out to one of their sites, where I gave a presentation (topic assigned two days before, and working in a group with three other people) on an SLB segment. Then they had us do a team building activity ("build a thing in a limited amount of time with these random objects" kind of thing) and kept us up until past 2am with more presentations about the company.

      Second day of second interview (the whole thing, plus travel time, eats up three days) they have you wake up around 6-7am for breakfast and take you out to a sample rig. You wander around, ask some questions, make sure your safety gear is on at all times, etc. Then they bring you back to the hotel and start exit interviews.

      From what I could tell, the exit interviews were pretty brutal. Several people on my team actually came out crying, or very shaken at the least. Be prepared to have your conviction questioned. Be prepared to be asked extensively about WHY you want a certain segment, or to be out in the field at all. These guys REALLY want you to be sure that you know what you're getting into. The exit interview isn't for impressing the recruiters anymore -- it's for convincing them that you know exactly what you're getting into, and that you actually, actively want this job, more so than anything else, and that you aren't just trying to come in with half-assed convictions.

      Then there's a dinner where you can chat with more field engineers. Very laid-back and fun, and nice after the grilling from the exit interview. You fly home the day after.

      Ultimately, although I likely won't be joining them in the future, I feel it was a well-designed process. The recruiters were very friendly and accommodating, yet at the same time blunt and truthful about how hard the job would be. You think that, after reading a few things on the internet, including many of the reviews here, you KNOW you would be willing to do this job? The interview process is really designed to make you question that fully, and if you, like me, realize at the end that it's not for you, the process will have worked and they won't be unhappy at you for it.

      Interview Questions

      • Why do you want this job over literally anything else you could be doing?   Answer Question

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      Field Engineer Interview

      Anonymous Employee in Midland, TX
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Schlumberger (Midland, TX) in May 2017.

      Interview

      Eye opening and Interesting Process. It confirmed my strong interest for the position. The process spanned over two days. They had us busy the whole time. The final evening wrap up was somewhat confusing. It was a social gathering complete with alcoholic beverages. Not quite sure what they were looking for during the night out. One on ones were greatly helpful and informative. Hope to hear positively this week.

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