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Updated Jan 30, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Information Technology Leadership Program at CSX
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Jacksonville, FL (took 3 days)
Process started with an on-campus interview where I was interviewed by two people and mostly asked questions about experience on my resume. That led to an on-site interview, which began with dinner the night before with employees from the company. The interview the next day included presentation of a case study that had been emailed about a week earlier. Presentation went smoothly, basic questions about content of my slides were asked. After the case study, two one on one interviews followed where I was asked fairly basic questions about my experiences, both from the technical and behavioral side. Process concluded with lunch at a nearby restaurant.
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Reason for Declining
Salary wasn't what I was looking for.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Finance Management Trainee at CSX
Posted Dec 5, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Jacksonville, FL (took 2 days)
I had a great experience throughout the interviewing process. On campus interviews for the first round and at headquarters for the final round. Between interviews, I had to take many different on-line assessments, ranging from personality tests to finance aptitude tests. At the final interview, I had to present a case to high level management and also had two one on one interviews.
Everyone at CSX seems to enjoy their job and the people there were a pleasure to meet.
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Reason for Declining
I received a job offer from another company that met my career aspirations.
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Technology Management Trainee Program at CSX
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Jacksonville, FL (took 4 weeks)
Met with recruiters at an Info Session on Campus. Was told to apply to my school's career services posting for the position as well as their own company career site posting. Invited to an on-campus 2 person panel interview. Invited to 2nd round of interiviews at the corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, FL. Arrived on a Tuesday evening. Was taken to dinner with other applicants and 5 senior members of the IT department.. Wednesday morning consisted of a 1:1 interview, a 3 person panel interview where I presented my findings for a case study, and a 2 person panel interview. Both the 1:1 and 2 person panel interview consisted of "tell me about a time when..." type questions. Interviews were followed by a lunch with a smaller group of candidates and different senior level employees.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Java Developer at CSX
Posted Aug 25, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Jacksonville, FL (took 3 days)
I was taken as an intern and then after 6 months I have been offered a full time position.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Supervisor Communications and Signal at CSX
Posted Jun 22, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Jacksonville, FL (took 2 days)
The company flew me down to Jacksonville.
It Started at noon and lasted until 5pm. It was a round robin format that was interviews by your department and others. One portion was scenario. Situational questions and scenario. Tell of a time when? Very rigid corporate enviroment. Your soul belong to the company. Company first, everything else second. Alot of on call and time away from family.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Finance at CSX
Posted Mar 30, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Jacksonville, FL (took 2 months)
I received an email from CSX' HR Manager asking if I'm interested in a position in their company. Of course I did and scheduled a call for an interview. As in any typical 1st interviews, my experience, skills, location preference etc were discussed. The interview went well and was informed that I will be scheduled for a phone interview with the hiring manager. Prior to the call I was asked to complete a more detailed questionnaire about projects I have completed in my previous employment. It turns out the resume and the questionnaire were the focus of the interview by the hiring manager and the HR manager (it was a group phone interview). After the call I did not hear from them until 2 weeks later. This time informing me of a on site interview in Jacksonville. But I had a to complete several other tests taken online prior to being scheduled. Also a case was given a week before the visit where will have to present my findings to a panel.
My experience with the interviewing team was very positive. They were all professional, friendly and accomodating. Overall I enjoyed the interview process. I believe it is very thorough and well planned.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Talent Management Specialist at CSX
Posted Jan 31, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in Jacksonville, FL (took 4 weeks)
CSX offered a decent amount of communication across the selection process. It started with a phone interview with one individual followed by onsite interview with a panel. I was called on a weekend to make arrangements for travelling the following week. Travel arrangements had some issues (hotel wasn't booked, mispelling of name). However, the experience was very positive overall (including luxury taxi to hotel and back). I would have preferred to have a full day onsite rather than just a 2 hour interview. Would have liked more time to understand culture & environment and job-fit, since the company was spending the money to have me travel to the site. Overall, I decided it was not the right fit but that the company had a good selection process.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Crew Management at CSX
Posted Jan 11, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in Jacksonville, FL (took a day)
You must apply on-line for every position. I was asked three times in the interview if I had any relatives working for the company. They had a printout of my initial application, and went over every detail in great length. Expect to be asked about your entire work history, with great detail.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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Finance Management Trainee at CSX
Posted Dec 27, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 in Jacksonville, FL (took 4+ weeks)
Initial interview was on-campus with the director of finance. He is an extremely nice man...he really wants to get to know you and doesn't try to intimidate you or see how you react to stress. They have specific case questions they ask relating to how you would actually perform on the job.
I received a call to schedule an on-site interview about 4 business days after the first interview. Second interviews are on-site in Jacksonville. CSX will pay for airfare and reimburse you for any other relevant expenses. I arrived in Jacksonville on a Thursday night. There is a dinner scheduled the night you arrive with current finance team members. There were about 10 other applicants interviewing when I went for my interview. The next day, you will have two behavioral interviews with finance team members and you will also have to do a case presentation regarding a finance case they sent you a week before.
Make sure you know about the company a little. Mainly be able to express your interest in finance and the job in your first interview. Have a lot of questions. Practice short case questions a little. For the second interview, I got the feeling that the case presentation was the most important part. They want to see how you will actually do on the job. Work hard on the case, be confident, and do your best to impress them. The rest of the interviewing process is just to show your personality mainly. I thought the behavioral interview questions were very work-related so if you don't have much work experience, make sure you can answer these types of questions from the experiences you have had.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Finance Management Trainee at CSX
Posted Dec 22, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in Jacksonville, FL (took 2 weeks)
The candidates had different first round interviews. Since I was close to corporate HQ, I had an in-person screening while others had a phone interview. If you passed the first round, you were invited to Jacksonville for the final round and put up the night before at the Omni Hotel near the Jacksonville Landing. The night before the actual interview, they 'require' you go to dinner with members of the finance team (two VPs and one former management trainee were at mine).
A week before the interview, HR will send you a case that requires you to utilize some financial analysis skills and then present it in PowerPoint format to a panel of two to three people, typically high-level VPs within the finance department. From what I can tell, the case has been recycled for years and is pretty generic, but serves more of a test to see whether or not your assumptions (everyone will have different answers) can be backed up when under the scrutiny of VPs and how your presentation skills are.
The actual day of interviews was fairly light. They broke up the group into two interview groups (morning and afternoon). There were only two interviews, each with a member of the finance team and it was about three to four behavioral questions, nothing else.
The company is what you would expect from a mature industry...the actual building is old as hell and the culture seems very corporate (the sight of neverending cube farms brought back chills). There seems to be a big push for diversity as the previous group of Finance Management Trainees was majority female and had a couple of minorities (one black female, one Hispanic female, and an Asian guy). My interview group had four minorities (including myself) so take it for what's it worth at the Old Boy's Club at CSX.
I got the rejection email within 2.5 weeks of the interview (expected it), but I know someone else got an offer within 4 working days of his interview so that should give you a rough idea on whether or not you will get the gig.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.
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