Halliburton hires primarily into oilfield service field-operations roles (frac/acid, cementing, wireline, artificial lift) and its well-known Field Engineer training pipeline, plus manufacturing, R&D and corporate. Candidate accounts describe a hiring-event or job-fair style first round for operator/hand roles and a multi-day site-visit second round for Field Engineer (headquarters PowerPoint day plus a facility tour in Duncan, Oklahoma, used partly to weed out candidates who cannot handle the long hours and field conditions). An online pre-employment screening is used after the first-round interview.
These 4 writeups cover field engineering, petroleum engineering, operations and other roles. All of them were posted under a forum handle, so we could not verify the authors’ identities.
New grad. 2 rounds. Shared by u/GeauxTigers1992 on reddit, 2017-09-29
1San Antonio hiring eventAssessment centreRoughly eighty applicants were invited to a Halliburton hiring event, filled out another application on arrival, and were called in one at a time for a short interview with a hiring representative. Interviewers probed why a petroleum engineering graduate would target an operator role and looked for evidence of tolerance for manual labor and long hours.Covered: Behavioral, Domain knowledge, Shift availability
2(Did not advance)Phone screenThe event was framed as the first of a chain of interviews, with further rounds going up the management chain for candidates who passed. The author did not advance and was informed by phone about a week later.Covered: Behavioral
Field Engineer
Outcome not shared
New grad. 1 round. Shared by u/claire303 on reddit, 2017-03-18
1Site visit in Oklahoma City and DuncanJob shadow / site visitHalliburton flew candidates to Oklahoma City for a day of roughly one hundred PowerPoint slides on the job and company, followed by a next-day tour of the Duncan, Oklahoma facility. The account describes the visit as partly a filter designed to scare off candidates who cannot handle long hours and field conditions, with recruiters observing how the group interacted with peers and staff. No written test was administered.Covered: Domain knowledge, Safety procedures, Behavioral
New grad. 1 round. Shared by u/toxotae23 on reddit, 2018-07-10
1Technical and fit interviewTechnicalFor an entry-level cementing technical associate role in Europe the candidate was interviewed one-on-one by the European cementing manager. Cementing, casing, and petroleum-geology fundamentals were probed but the interviewer stressed cultural fit and prior industry-adjacent experience (military background flagged as a differentiator) over deep technical mastery.Covered: Domain knowledge, Behavioral, Past projects
Artificial Lift Field Engineer (Summit ESP)
Received an offer
Experienced. 1 round. Shared by u/grawrant on reddit, 2022-06-03
1Phone interviewPhone screenA commenter reported receiving an offer for an artificial-lift field engineer role after a short phone interview of roughly ten minutes. The conversation stayed on prior hands-on experience with electric submersible pumps and the candidate's questions back. An offer email arrived immediately after the call.Covered: Domain knowledge, Past projects, Behavioral
What Halliburton is hiring for now
562 open roles in our index. Advertised pay floors run $37k to $86k (median $42k, from 17 postings that state pay).
Most-posted roles
R&M Electrical Tech I10
ZZ02-ESG-Operator Asst II-Cementing7
Technical Professional (Associate-Senior) - Cementing6
Operator Assistant II - Service Operator II - Cementing6
What is the interview process like at Halliburton?
Halliburton hires primarily into oilfield service field-operations roles (frac/acid, cementing, wireline, artificial lift) and its well-known Field Engineer training pipeline, plus manufacturing, R&D and corporate. Candidate accounts describe a hiring-event or job-fair style first round for operator/hand roles and a multi-day site-visit second round for Field Engineer (headquarters PowerPoint day plus a facility tour in Duncan, Oklahoma, used partly to weed out candidates who cannot handle the long hours and field conditions). An online pre-employment screening is used after the first-round interview.
What topics does Halliburton test in interviews?
Commonly reported topics include Behavioral, STAR stories, Domain knowledge, Safety procedures, Past projects, Shift availability.
These guides summarize public, first-hand interview experiences shared by candidates. They describe the shape of each loop and the topics that came up, not a leaked question bank, and every experience links back to its original source. Processes change often. Treat this as directional prep, not a script.
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