I applied online and then I had a phone interview. A couple weeks later, they offered to fly me to Calgary for an interview.
Phone interview:
The woman was really nice.
-Would you say you're a mechanical person? Can you give sn example?
-Why do you want to work for Schlumberger?
-With an education in Environmental Technology, why would you want to work in Oil and Gas?
-Give an example of when you've shown teamwork skills.
-Have you ever felt like you haven't been pulling your weight as part of a team?
-McGiver moment
-Do you have any hobbies?
-Can you handle working outside in the field?
Before the real interview, we were told to do some research on each section and subsection of the company and be prepared to present it.
The real interview was alright, there were 17 people, only 3 woman. The first evening we introduced ourselves. You had to do something to put you out of your comfort zone, like dance in front of everyone, impersonate your favourtie cartoon character, tell an embarrasing story. Then we had to build something out of straws and paper and stuff. they were very vague about what it was- when they were asked they said "Transport Device". They limited questions we could ask. It was to transport a golf ball. If you have an interview, try to ask "What are we transporting?" "Where are we trying to move it?" They make you decide the questions as a team, so listen for someone to say a good idea, then agree, if the interviewers are watching. Most people thought it was a bridge. Then they would change the instructions a few times, make you switch groups, to show all the things that can go wrong. One of the interviewers was very sarcastic.
They told us stuf about the company and about the job. I was really disapointed to hear that there were very few positions actually in Calgary. They were only hiring for two sections at that time. (They should have posted online where the positions were, it would have saved a lot of work). The company sounded like you had to work a lot- one of the interviewers had had this position, he said he worked 48 days in a row once (12 hours a day, on an oil rig). It sounded like the employees were overworked.
The second day we took a tour of part of schlumberger. Then there was individual interviews, 20-30 minutes, two people interviewed me. They were nice. At this point, I didn't want the job. It sounded like Schlumberger would be your entire life. I was pretty honest, said I didn't want to move, and that I liked to have a schedule (which they said you probably wouldn't have).
