I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Norfolk Southern
Interview
Usually held in a large conference room at a hotel, 20-100 applicants. Some form of mid-level management with a HR representative will explain everything from benefits to types of schedules to working on holidays to the drug test procedure to the requirements. throughout the process of describing the work and the life style you will be put on several breaks and before each break the management representative will ask anyone who is not sure about working for the railroad to leave. After about two hours of this you will take a fifty question test and be sent to lunch once complete. Upon returning from lunch they will call out x amount names to stay and send everyone else home. This is when you will do a face to face interview with the HR and management representatives. They will then send you on your way and explain that if interested they will give you a call.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What type of experience I had, what I saw myself doing five years from now,
I applied in-person. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Norfolk Southern
Interview
After an online application I was invited to an on site testing session. This all day affair was a chance for them to run a simple written test and oral interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Would you be able to work nights, weekends, and holiday for the next 30 years?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Norfolk Southern (Jacksonville, FL) in May 2015
Interview
Show up on time. Recruiter goes over pay, benefits, what the position entails, etc. Then you take a basic aptitude test (not hard at all). To prepare, practice answering fact based questions. Test also includes work-type preferences and how much you care about safety. Study up on fractions!!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If I, as your supervisor, did something to break a safety rule, how would handle it?
Why Norfolk vs other railroads?
Carman applicants have rated the interview process at Norfolk Southern with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Carman roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Norfolk Southern overall takes an average of 37 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Norfolk Southern as a Carman according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 18%
IQ intelligence test: 18%
Drug test: 18%
Group panel interview: 18%
Presentation: 18%
Background check: 6%
One on one interview: 6%
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