I applied online. I interviewed at BNSF Railway (Fort Worth, TX) in Mar 2015
Interview
3 Interview stages:
1. Call w/ HR. Basic questions about who I am and background as well as light questions to get a feel for personality and communication
2. Call with Manager/Director to garner further details on experience and interests as well as hard qualifications
3. BNSF flew me out close to headquarters in DFW to a hiring event. Included a dinner with the managers of hiring teams as well as HR staff. Following day was a panel-type interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time where you had to resolve a conflict as a leader
Very easy interview for a job paying 80k/yr. Simple situational questions provided by the company for HR to ask. Other than the classic "what would you do in this situation" questions, they asked if I had any traffic violations, why I want to work there, etc. The schedule is 12hr workdays both during the day and overnight, which did not align with what I was looking for,
I applied through college or university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at BNSF Railway (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2025
Interview
interview was great asked a little bit about my background and some behavioral questions. They also asked scenarios about safety and what approach you would take in such situation. Also asked what I liked to do outside of work
Did HireView interview and got selected for full interview. Wasted whole day doing multiple interviews with BNSF that went very well, just for them to completely ghost me and never even respond to my emails. They claimed "You had a great interview, we will be in touch by Friday", and then never responded even after a few emails I sent. Unbelievably unprofessional.
Management Trainee applicants have rated the interview process at BNSF Railway with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 57% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Management Trainee roles take an average of 49 days to get hired, when considering 41 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at BNSF Railway overall takes an average of 42 days.
Common stages of the interview process at BNSF Railway as a Management Trainee according to 41 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 17%
Drug test: 12%
Skills test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Background check: 10%
Personality test: 9%
One on one interview: 6%
Presentation: 4%
Other: 1%
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