Applied online with the staffing agency (SOS Staffing) and received a call for a phone interview less than a day later. A few days after that I had another phone interview scheduled. This one lasted about 15 minutes and included mainly behavioral type questions. They scheduled an in person interview several weeks out. That interview was in a hotel meeting room with 13 other candidates, 4-6 Schlumberger folks, and 2-3 of the SOS staff. They did about a 45 minute presentation on the company and how grueling the work would be; that we would miss birthdays, weddings, celebrations, holidays, and work weekends and very long hours. They then split up and called the candidates out one by one for interviews. Mine lasted approximately 3 minutes. The Schlumberger guy asked me maybe three questions and then wanted to know if I had any questions. They called me back late (8pm) the next day to offer to continue the hiring process. From there I did three drug tests (hair, urine, breath), a pulmonary function check, hearing test, and later a physical fitness check. Had to drive long distances for all of these things. Waited and waited for information from the recruiter that never arrived. Was later told recruiter no longer worked with the company. Got final word of start date the Friday before I was to start work. Very stressful process with extremely limited information flow.
