Skip to contentSkip to footer
  • Community
  • Jobs
  • Companies
  • Salaries
  • For Employers
      Notifications

      Loading...

      Elevate your career

      Discover your earning potential, land dream jobs, and share work-life insights anonymously.

      employer cover photo
      employer logo
      employer logo

      SM Energy

      Is this your company?

      About
      Reviews
      Pay & benefits
      Jobs
      Interviews
      Interviews
      Related searches: SM Energy reviews | SM Energy jobs | SM Energy salaries | SM Energy benefits
      SM Energy interviewsSM Energy Senior SQL Database Administrator interviewsSM Energy interview
      Company Bowl sample

      Want the inside scoop on your own company?

      Check out your Company Bowl for anonymous work chats.

      Bowls

      Get actionable career advice tailored to you by joining more bowls.

      Followed companies

      Stay ahead in opportunities and insider tips by following your dream companies.

      Job searches

      Get personalized job recommendations and updates by starting your searches.

      SM Energy interviews FAQs

      • Candidates applying for Senior SQL Database Administrator roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at SM Energy overall takes an average of 29 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at SM Energy as a Senior SQL Database Administrator according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Group panel interview:  100%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Engineer(6) ;
        2. Land Technician(5) ;
        3. Senior Accountant(5) ;
        4. Land Department(4) ;
        5. Lease Operator(4) ;
        6. Accountant(3) ;
        7. Contractor(2) ;
        8. Engineering Technician(2) ;
        9. Geologist(2) ;
        10. Manager(2) ;
        11. Reservoir Engineer(2) ;
        12. Senior Financial Analyst(2) ;
        13. Systems Administrator(2) .


      Glassdoor

      • About / Press
      • Awards
      • Blog
      • Research
      • Contact Us
      • Guides

      Employers

      • Free Employer Account
      • Employer Center
      • Employers Blog

      Information

      • Help
      • Guidelines
      • Terms of Use
      • Privacy & Ad Choices
      • Do Not Sell Or Share My Information
      • Cookie Consent Tool
      • Security

      Work With Us

      • Advertisers
      • Careers
      Download the App

      • Browse by:
      • Companies
      • Jobs
      • Locations
      • Communities
      • Recent Posts

      Copyright © 2008-2026. Indeed, Inc. "Glassdoor," "Worklife Pro," "Bowls," and logo are proprietary trademarks of Indeed, Inc.

      Senior SQL Database Administrator Interview

      Sep 16, 2015
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Denver, CO
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at SM Energy (Denver, CO) in Jun 2015

      Interview

      What a weird experience! I interviewed for a SQL DBA position with a manager (whom I actually liked), a BI person, and an "entry level" DBA whom I was told "...has multiple roles here". All of the questions from the entry level were so uncomfortable I had to ask 3 times for him to repeat the question and/or look directly at the Manager to basically repeat clearly what this person was trying to ask. This person made absolutely no eye contact whatsoever and stared at the table or my resume the entire time. A question that should take 10 seconds to ask took him upwards of a solid minute or more. He went off into left field so badly it made my stomach hurt. IT WAS WEIRD! In addition, the BI person played with her phone half way through the interview,....RUDE! These questions were the equivalent of asking me if I would know how to make a sandwich if I were starving. VERY INSULTING!!! The last question he stood up and starting raising his voice at me while staring at the floor. I had to calm him down by sticking out my hand, shaking his and slowly stating "You are ok, alright? You are OK!". Waste of time for a highly technical talented professional.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1) Are you willing to sit in a meeting to help find out why code is running fast? 2) If a VM went down, are you willing to help solve it with sysadmins? 3) Are you willing to work with Microsoft products not related to SQL Server?
      Answer question
      3

      Jobs at SM Energy

      2 jobs in United States
      Sr. Data Ops/Data Platform Administrator
      Denver, CO
      ·
      $122K - $150K /yr
      (Employer provided)
      View job
      Sr. Data Ops/Data Platform Administrator
      Houston, TX
      ·
      $122K - $150K /yr
      (Employer provided)
      View job
      View all Senior SQL Database Administrator Jobs