I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Union Pacific (Wichita, KS)
Interview
Invited to hiring session, given the overview of the job and all it requires. They then move on to tell you how you'll never see your family again and that you'll marriage has a good chance to end in a divorce and tell you you might get killed and generally try to scare you away. You then sit down with local managers and HR rep and have a interview by yourself
I applied online. I interviewed at Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, UT) in May 2023
Interview
A few video questions. Very simple stuff, they also have a questionnaire to fill out regarding your personality, if you get to that point make sure you don’t select anything regarding being a “creative” type if you want the job.
very simple short and to the point. it was only 12 questions and its a recording of yourself answering questions that they have out . you get like 2 or 3 mins to answer them
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Union Pacific (Baton Rouge, LA)
Interview
It was an open setting at a hotel lobby they had everyone who was interviewing at that time to wait in a line until they call us. once called we sat down with like a panel of two people interviewed. The process wasn’t bad went by pretty fast.
Railroad Conductor applicants have rated the interview process at Union Pacific with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 54% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Railroad Conductor roles take an average of 61 days to get hired, when considering 26 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Union Pacific overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Union Pacific as a Railroad Conductor according to 26 Glassdoor interviews include:
Drug test: 17%
Background check: 16%
Skills test: 15%
Group panel interview: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
One on one interview: 9%
Personality test: 8%
Presentation: 5%
Phone interview: 3%
Other: 2%
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