I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Halliburton (Denver, CO) in Aug 2014
Interview
I applied online and received an email to schedule a phone interview for the next morning. I got hammered that night, woke up drunk to the phone ringing, and talked (quite drunkenly) about engineering and oilfielding, which I had done a little bit of both. Mentioned that I'd thrown in the towel on Colorado and wanted to go for a ride in the North Dakota oilfields. Was offered the position via a second phone call shortly after. Then, there was the background check and drug test, which I cheated with Quick Fix. Halliburton delayed my entire group's onboarding for a month while I was sleeping in my car in Williston, but that's part of the adventure.
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.
