hi hello.
i scrolled a few pages in the old thread looking for an answer ~
a schlumberger recruiter was recently at my school, and people were leaving CVs, applying for a job position etc. i happened to be there by luck, and got asked to be in the interview spot the day after.
since it was schlumberger and i'm majoring in geophysical engineering i naturally went there. passed the first day's (exercises?) interviews. the second day was a bit more stressful, but the whole thing went positive, at least that's what i think.
the recruiter guy told me that to be honest, he didn't think i had the motivation to be a field engineer so he was gonna direct my application to western geco. he also told me that about 1% of the applicants he'd sent them got rejected.
since everything happened purely out of luck, i felt fine by it.
couple of days ago (10th of march) some chinese lady from western geco called me and asked me a few questions. i guess she was checking if my CV was correct or something. about 15 minutes later she said thanks and hung up.
it's been 4 days, and i can't believe i'm fretting like this.
my friend who was with me during the interviews got an offer from schlumberger on 11th. i didn't get anything. i just wonder if i got rejected and will not be notified via e-mail.
does that happen? do companies just leave people hanging like that? this was my first serious job interview, and have no idea how much i should wait (or just - - stop checking my e-mails every hour like an obsessed person)
It's normal. Some of the SLB successful candidates were left waiting for 6 months let alone 4 days. So the asnwer is YES, companies do left candidates hanging in bated breath just like that.
My advice to you is, stop waiting on them to tell you the status of your application. Your application are probably in KIV or in the process right now. You can probably call up the lady who phoned you but DON'T pester the HR every 4 weeks or so to ask for your status.
Oilfield business is seasonal, contract based and when they are in dire need of human resources they will ring you up. Good luck.