assessment was difficult, but the recruiters were nice and supportive. But the karat interview is kind of complicated. not bad nice people and great environment It sounds like the assessment was challenging, but at least the recruiters were really nice and supportive. However, it seems like the karat interview was a bit complicated. Overall, it doesn't sound too bad, especially since the people were nice and the environment was great.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at SLB
Interview
There was a phone screen with the hiring manager that was mostly behavioral. The next round was an on site with 4 people (all engineers) and a group interview to end the day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked to write an algorithm to detect a palindrome.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at SLB (Urbana, IL) in Oct 2025
Interview
Leetcode problems within 45 mins.
I have done 2. The first one is easy.
The second one is middle, using the graph and DFS.
Also need to provide every solution's time and space complexity
I applied online. I interviewed at SLB in Oct 2025
Interview
I applied online; the interview was conducted by Karat Studio, which was a third party conducting technical interviews for SLB. The interviewer was quite friendly and explained the process pretty well.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Asked three complexity and data structure application questions,
Graph-based LeetCode-style question, another follow-up with slightly higher difficulty. Be prepared to define classes/methods and run your own test cases.
