SLB Mechanical Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

The interview was thirty minutes long, mostly focusing on behavioral questions about my past experiences. It concluded with a single technical question about pulleys and the effort required to lift a box using simple machines.

The interview was good. They asked me about safety standards and if I had ever faced a situation at work where I had to implement safety protocols like wearing safety glasses or earplugs. I never heard back.

So, the key is to be honest about your experience and knowledge; don't make stuff up. It was a long day, but the process wasn't too bad if you were truthful. It started with an on-campus interview from a job fair, which felt pretty tough. The interviewer was hard to read, so I wasn't sure how I was doing. We covered my whole resume with some deep questions. I thought I bombed it, but I guess I did okay because they invited me for a second round, a two-day trip to Houston. They paid for my travel. The first day was mostly info sessions, listening to employees talk about their work. Some of them ended up interviewing me later, though we didn't know that then. The next day was interviews, including a 10-minute presentation on a technical project I led. The SLB folks asked really detailed and challenging questions, so definitely present on something you know inside and out. It was obvious when people weren't being genuine. The other interviews were fine, just tiring because it was all day. They went over everything on my resume multiple times in the four or five chats. It felt more like they were trying to place us rather than weed us out, although there were technical questions about reading drawings. Some of the drawings weren't very detailed, which might have been due to the interviewers not being fully prepared, but that only happened once. They did offer good feedback, though.