I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Halliburton (Oklahoma City, OK) in Dec 2011
Interview
The initial interview took place at a career fair. The representatives were very friendly and open to talk about the opportunities with their company. During the interview, the HR Representative was very friendly, honest and told me that this job is very demanding and usually work is done in harsh conditions and long hours. This interview lasted about 30-45 mins. All of the questions were behavioral.
Afterwards, I received an email stating that I was selected to advance to the second round of the interview process. A questionnaire had to be filled out prior to proceeding to the next step. Typical questions were as follow:
What are your top 3 Product Service Lines (PSLs)?
What are your top 3 geographical locations desired?
There were more questions but they are not difficult.
Second Interview - Day 1 (ASK QUESTIONS)
My flight OKC was taken care of by Halliburton. This process was two days. As soon as your Halliburton Representative pick you up the interview process has begun. I sat through a series of presentations about the company and wireline and perforating (open and cased hole logging). They are very informing and interesting presentations. I had a great representative, he was very knowledgeable and able to breakdown the process. If your not familiar with this type of work, it will seem like a lot of information is thrown at you at once. They emphasis that the job is VERY DEMANDING. Afterwards, we all went out to dinner courtesy of yours truly (Halliburton). You are still being interviewed during this stage.
Day 2 (ASK QUESTIONS)
Woke up early and had two more presentations to go over (Benefits and Compensation). After, we went out to the Shop where all of the tools and trucks are stored. This will be your introduction to the tools and what they actually do at the shop. We went to lunch with some of the Field Professionals and had the chance to ask them about their experiences. Very friendly people and honest about their experiences. We then returned to the shop where we had one on one interviews.
After the last interview, the trip is over and time to return home.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Are you interested in open or cased hole logging? Why?
There are three days campus recruitment process. Starting from written test in day 1, FGD in day 2, and, short interview in day 3. FGD was pretty casual, you'll be given 15 minutes to discuss a case, and depends on when your turn on presenting is, 1-2 hours to solidate the case outside while waiting for presentation turn. If you pass, you'll get into user interview the next day.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Halliburton in June 2025
Interview
After passing the admin screening, I attended the psychometric/aptitude test at UPN “Veteran” Yogyakarta. The test was conducted entirely online on our own devices; the venue had weak mobile signal and there was no option to take the test on paper, so a lot of time was lost just connecting and loading questions.
Format & content: Mostly English verbal reasoning, plus basic math and simple mechanical/physics items (e.g., “which gear turns to the right”). One section was a long ordering/linear arrangement (positional reasoning) passage followed by five MCQs, time management was critical bcs 1 para for 5 MCQs.
It was not worth relocating and moving my family. The work and life balance not justified to survive. I do not like the cold environment in the north area. It was not worth relocating and moving my family. The work and life balance not justified to survive.
