BNSF Railway Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – 2 day hiring event with testing and interview. Went great, the company paid for everything (travel, hotel, food). Very friendly!

Interview Details – I meet a representative at their booth at my school's career fair. They asked me to tell them about myself and what drew me to their booth. immediately after, they invited me to interview with them the next day. The next day I had a 30 minute interview with the hire manager. He told me to just relax and not be stressed out. Then he put my resume on the table and told me to just walk him through my resume and elaborate my accomplishments. It was very relaxed. Before he left he told me that in two weeks they would contact me.

Interview Details – APplied to posting on company website.Received an email on test information when and where etc. The posting was for 10 vacancies and only about 20 people showed up. The first hour was HR lady pretty much shoveling the negative about the job, on call, travel, bein flexible and available to meet the companies needs. Wish they would have more factual info. Next was a reading comprehension test followed by chart and graph comprehension. Hair samples were then taken for drug screening, then there is a 1-2 hour dead period forgrading tests and waiting for your interview time slot to come up. Interview was panel style 4 people, 2 trade and 2 HR/Management

Interview Details – They don't ask you anything technical. All the quetions were about mangement and leadership skills. (i.e. How do you deal with a bad employee? How do you motivate people, etc.)

Negotiation Details – No negotiation. Interns have set amounts they are paid based on what year of school you are in. Pay is way better than you get most places so no big deal.

Interview Details – 1. Phone interview with HR and Hiring Panel.
2. Hiring Panel interview with 5 to 10 questions: each panel member scores interviewees on a scale. Applicant with highest scores are selected for position or second panel interview.

Interview Details – I first heard of the company at on-campus career expo. There, I gave them my resume and was contacted about a week later via email to schedule a phone interview. The phone interview consisted of about 3-4 basic behavioral questions. Following the phone interview I was contacted again via email to attend a two-day hiring event in Fort Worth, TX.
The two day hiring event agenda:
Day 1: BNSF & Management Trainee overview presentation, "Watson-Glaser" critical thinking assessment (about 1.25 hrs), First line supervisor assessment (1 hour), realistic job previews (presentations on the job's activities and tasks).
Day 2: Interview (30 minutes per candidate) consisted of four behavioral questions- really basic nothing technical, and finally drug testing (hair sample).

Interview Details – Talked with recruiter at campus recruiting event. Recruiter said all interview times had been booked so the head of HR might give me a call in a couple days. A couple weeks later, I received an email from her and we scheduled a phone interview. Phone interview asked mainly behavior questions and lasted only 8 minutes. And that's all it took to get an offer!

Interview Details – Check website dailly towards end of day and even Sat. for openings. Takes 2-8 weeks after close out to hear anything. Once you get an e-mail to come to a cattle call (my location had 300 apply 50 were invited and 30 showed up. The first hour is about how bad the newbees would be treated(if you weren't working,you would be on call 24/7 365 the first 3-5 years.After the first break 25 people returned. Next we took mechnical test and hazmat id. We lost a few more after that. After lunch was Psyc. test and then drug test.At end of day 15-18 folks interviewed for 15 opening that was reduced to 10. I was there for nearly 12 hours.

Interview Details – VERY LONG DAY! Be prepared to spend all day doing this!

Negotiation Details – You will go through a month of tests and medical stuff before hired. Not a quick process.