Norfolk Southern interview questions
Average interview difficulty
Mostly positive interview experience
How others got an interview
- 21%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 5%RecruiterRecruiter
- 4%In PersonIn Person
- 2%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 1%OtherOther
- 0%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
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Norfolk Southern interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Norfolk Southern as 61.1% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.76 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Co-Op and Train Conductor rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Internship and IT Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Norfolk Southern takes an average of 37 days when considering 533 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 Operator had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Signal Maintainer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 240 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Norfolk Southern according to 533 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 17%
Skills test: 14%
Drug test: 12%
Phone interview: 11%
One on one interview: 11%
Personality test: 10%
Background check: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Presentation: 6%
Other: 1%
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- Intern(29) ;
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- Manager(24) ;
- Train Dispatcher(24) ;
- Train Conductor(19) ;
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- Management Trainee(15) .
