I applied through college or university. The process took 9 months. I interviewed at Halliburton (Brighton, CO)
Interview
It took FOREVER. I kid you not, it was over 9 months from application to offer. I submitted an application through my university, then I had a ~30 min interview on campus, then I had an in person interview, then waited 3+ months for an offer. It was ridiculous.
The in-person interview was a 2 day process. This was actually good, because it gave you an idea of how long the days are, and you also got to see a drilling rig or frac site and check out what it all looked like.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name the equipment you saw today and its purpose. Why do you want this job? If you were offered a cement job in Vernal, or a coil job in Brighton, which would you choose? Give me an example of when you had to work with someone difficult in order to solve a project?
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Halliburton (Lubbock, TX) in Sep 2014
Interview
I went to my first interview on campus and met with a guy that works there. He seemed down to earth and it was not intimidating at all. I got a call back for a second interview in Oklahoma City that was a two day interview process. The first night we went over the job position and then went to dinner. The next day we toured the facilities in Duncan.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
name one time you had to become the leader and solve a problem and what you did to solve it?
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Halliburton (Brighton, CO) in Mar 2014
Interview
There were 2 rounds of interviews:
Round 1 took place on my college campus during a career fair week. It was your basic interview and took only like 20 minutes. The person interviewing me was from HR, and I was applying to be an engineer, so she didn't ask super technical questions. More like "what skills can you bring to our company?". No trick questions; it was basically just a conversation to make sure I am a normal person.
Round 2 took place in Brighton, Colorado. They flew me out there to stay for a two day group interview process with a few other college students. They took us to tour the facilities and we watched a few presentations on the basics of oil and gas as well as company benefits and departments. On the second day we all went out to dinner and then filled out a sheet listing our top 3 locations and top 3 departments (and we got to select if location or department was more important). At the end, they talked to each of us individually in a room to ask some interview questions. I remember they asked me to instruct one of the interviewers how to tie his shoes. Also, they asked "what is one thing you remember about the presentations?" I could only remember a joke one of the guys made during it (presentations were kind of boring) and they took that as an acceptable answer.
Round 2 was kind of fun; I met some cool people, and it was basically just a couple days of hanging out.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"What is a reason you would want to work in the Cement department and not the Frac department?"