Intern applicants have rated the interview process at CN with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. I interviewed at CN (Montreal, QC)
Interview
After applying, I had a digital one-way interview with a few generic questions. Depending on the job posting, some questions may be in French, and they expect you to answer in French.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Why CN 2. Why your major 3. Where do you see yourself in 5 years 4. What are your 3 traits
It was a pre-recorded video interview with 4 questions. Each question takes 2 mins. 2 attempts are allowed for the first 2 questions and 1 attempt for the last 2 questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you choose your major? Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Why would you like to work for CN? What are the skills that make you an asset for the position?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at CN in Aug 2020
Interview
Received an interview request and spent around 1 hour talking to the hiring manager and recruiter. The recruiter was a bit rude when asking if I spoke French and I said no, but it wasn’t on my resume or listed at all in the job description so I didn’t think it would be an issue. A week later I received a generic rejection email. I replied asking for feedback because I am a current university student and I received a generic response from the recruiter saying that they don’t have time to give me feedback. As a student seeking jobs during the pandemic this told me a lot about CN’s culture and values.
They claim to want to give learning and development experiences to students, but the fact that they refused to take 2 minutes to give genuine feedback, when I took an hour to interview with them, only to have potentially been rejected for something they could have screened for in my resume or during the phone call (speaking French) was pretty disappointing.