Petroleum Engineer Interview Questions

31 Share an example when you conferred with scientific, engineering, and technical personnel to resolve design, research, and testing problems.
32 What is the most challenging part of assisting engineering and other personnel to solve operating problems?
33 Name a time when you coordinated the installation, maintenance, and operation of mining and oil field equipment.
34 Explain to me how you simulate reservoir performance for different recovery techniques, using computer models.
35 Provide an example of when you set expectations and monitored the performance of subordinates. What guidance and direction did you find most effective?
36 Please share an experience in which you successfully taught a difficult principle or concept. How were you able to be successful?
37 What is the secret to design and implement environmental controls on oil and gas operations?
38 Please share with me an example of how you helped coach or mentor someone. What improvements did you see in the person's knowledge or skills?
39 Name a time when your patience was tested. How did you keep your emotions in check?
40 Describe an experience when you supervised the removal of drilling equipment, the removal of any waste, and the safe return of land to structural stability when wells or pockets are exhausted.
41 Describe methods you have found effective to take samples to assess the amount and quality of oil, the depth at which resources lie, and the equipment needed to properly extract them.
42 Walk me through how you would inspect oil and gas wells to determine that installations are completed.
43 Tell me about the last time when you conducted engineering research experiments to improve or modify mining and oil machinery and operations.
44 Provide an experience in which you were sensitive to somone's needs or feelings. How did your helpfulness affect your work environment?
45 Describe a time when you successfully persuaded another person to change his/her way of thinking or behavior.

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