BNSF Railway
Part of Berkshire Hathaway
Engaged Employer
BNSF Railway interview questions
Updated May 18, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 9%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 5%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 3%RecruiterRecruiter
- 2%OtherOther
- 2%In PersonIn Person
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
523 interviews
BNSF Railway interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at BNSF Railway as 57.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.89 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Trainee Engineer and Senior Staff Software Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Summer Finance Intern and IT Summer Analyst roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at BNSF Railway takes an average of 42 days when considering 520 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Java Developer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Special Agent I (Field) roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 270 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at BNSF Railway according to 520 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 16%
Phone interview: 14%
Skills test: 14%
Drug test: 13%
Background check: 11%
Personality test: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
One on one interview: 7%
Presentation: 5%
Other: 2%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Railroad Conductor(276) ;
- Locomotive Engineer(177) ;
- Conductor(97) ;
- Engineer(72) ;
- Manager(46) ;
- Terminal Trainmaster(41) ;
- Trainmaster(41) ;
- Freight Conductor(36) ;
- Machinist(36) ;
- Intern(27) ;
- Carman(26) ;
- Locomotive Engineer/Conductor(26) ;
- Train Dispatcher(26) ;
- Journeyman Carman(24) ;
- Signal Maintainer(24) .