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Updated May 2, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Management Trainee at Norfolk Southern Railway
Posted May 2, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in Norfolk, VA (took 2 days)
Phone interview and IQ test followed by an interview in Norfolk. Company paid for airfare and hotel. Interview consisted of a ra ra session about the company followed by a one on one interview with a HR person. The H.R. person said I was the type of person they were looking for and I would be invited to a second interview the following week. I didn't hear back for 2 months, then i got the thanks but no thanks email. The H.R. person was very young and has obviously not learned that your word still means something to most people. Probably would not have accepted an offer but I felt like the process was very unprofessional.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Personality Test, a Skills Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Management Trainee at Norfolk Southern Railway
Posted Mar 27, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 (took a day)
Norfolk Southern flew me out to Norfolk, VA in February on a Monday. Had the interview the next day which lasted about two hours. They first gave an overview of the company, explaining the company core values and different benefits. After the presentation, I took an assessment and then interviewed. The interview lasted about 15 minutes. After it was over, I left and had to catch a plane back home.
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The interview consisted of a Personality Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a 1:1 Interview.
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Conductor Trainee at Norfolk Southern Railway
Posted Mar 2, 2012
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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 Mar 2012 (took a day)
Two hour long presentation going over job specifics (both positive and negative). Given break so those who didn't like what the job entails can leave without hurting their chances for other positions. Given test that consisted of reading comprehension, mechanical skills and personality test. Waited around 90 minutes to post who would be given an interview (around 150 started out and 30 made it to interview). Interview was simple were pretty much rehashed from the online questions that I had already answered in the application.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Personality Test, a Skills Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Presentation and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Management Trainee at Norfolk Southern Railway
Posted Jan 29, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Atlanta, GA (took a day)
I applied online, took an online aptitude test, then was invited via email to a 1st round interview in Norfolk, VA. The interview consisted of an afternoon presentation followed by a short skills test and then a 1:1 interview. I flew in the day before and out that night. About a week later, I received another email inviting me to a final round interview in Atlanta. The night before, there was a presentation and dinner, followed by two interviews the following day. Each interview was with two current employees, some of which had been at the dinner the night before, and lasted about 20 minutes each. Questions were mostly generic, "How important is safety to you?", "Describe a time when... ". Overall I thought it went really well. I received an email a week later though saying they had decided against offering me a position. So it goes.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Presentation, a Group/Panel Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Railroad Freight Conductor at Norfolk Southern Railway
Posted Aug 1, 2011 — 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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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 (took a day)
Filled out background information (10 years, very thorough). Took IQ test and Personality Test. After each test everyone left the room and only the candidates that passed were asked to take the next test. After testing individuals were called to do a very brief panel interview. Typical questions. After the panel interview everyone was sent home and told they would here back in a couple of weeks if a job was offered.
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Negotiation Details
No negotiation. Union job with set pay scale.
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The interview consisted of a Background Check, a Personality Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Engineering at Norfolk Southern Railway
Posted Jun 21, 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 2010 in Atlanta, GA (took 1 week)
30 minute phone interview
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Management Trainee - Transportation at Norfolk Southern Railway
Posted Feb 15, 2011
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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 Dec 2010 in Norfolk, VA (took a day)
THe overall experience was very good for me, they treated us like we were part of the company already. The process began with an overview of the company and the specifics about the job. They then had lunch for us while we began our IQ test followed by a personality test. THey were doing one on one interviews during this process. We were then free to go, it was a very good experience for me.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Personality Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a 1:1 Interview.
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Operation Management Training(Signals) at Norfolk Southern Railway
Posted Feb 11, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 (took 2 months)
1 session in Norfolk,Va
Flight in the night before
Info session then a interview with a HR newbie
1 session in Atlanta, Ga
Flight in on Thursday
Info session Thursday night with a meet and greet
Friday interviews; 2 separate interviews with 2 people in the room
Both sessions were pretty much the same material with Atlanta adding contact with operational leadership.
This is were the problem was for me
Managers are uneducated, condescending and extremely unprofessional
Although they have engineering titles they have very little understanding of true engineering practices. I left the meet and greet feeling NS only has 1 decent person in the signal department.
The HR personnel were even worse, very large egos with nothing to back it up. I left the interview process knowing I would never work for NS.The personnel were so bad I considered walking out during the interview.
Interview Questions
Do you have kids?
Reason for Declining
Unprofessional organization with no real future for me.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Train at Norfolk Southern Railway
Posted Mar 26, 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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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2008 (took a day)
Applicants for position are eliminated after each test in the series. The elimination of the applicants around you in these stages adds the stress of the situation weeding out some who may not be able to perform in stressful situations. Tests consist of timed logic, math, and psychological based questions. Math test involves formula based and general arithmetic skills. Applicant should be detail oriented, focused and with the ability to multi-task in stressful environment. Traditional union-based transportation work environment. Work culture is confrontation intensive. High company vs. union tension. Very little room for error in this job, errors in judgment often rewarded with suspension in lieu of remediation.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Personality Test, a Skills Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Operations Supervisor Trainee at Norfolk Southern Railway
Posted Feb 19, 2010
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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 Jan 2008 (took 2 days)
Once you get selected from a list of online applicants, the company will invite you to an interview day with 50 to 100 other prosepects. The set-up is very professional and it is obvious the company has revenue to burn in such an elaborate ordeal. If you have no rail experience you may feel clueless...reality is that many with rail experience were clueless as well. They definately have the sales advantage in bennies, and they are honest in letting you know that you will work your tail off to get them.
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Negotiation Details
Non-negotiable
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Background Check, a Drug Test, a Personality Test, a Skills Test, a Presentation and a Group/Panel Interview.
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