I applied online. I interviewed at BNSF Railway (Fort Worth, TX)
Interview
I applied online. Shortly after I had to complete this quiz online. It does take awhile as you try to think of the best answers. After that, they liked my answers and I was told to do this interview over webcam, with ~6 pre-recorded questions. It records you as you speak. Not even a week later, I was offered to come to the hiring event in Fort Worth, TX. They paid for hotel + airfare.
It is a whole day event. It started 7:30am and it goes until you finish your interview with the panel. 3 panelists interviewed me. Honestly, the day was a waste. The presentations were info that could be found on their site, and their presentation of what your specific job does was completely useless and boring, but you need to be there. Interview was all questions on working as part of a team. Have stories ready so you can be prepared for times when you worked as a team, had a disagreement, etc. One of the panelists seemed to not care at all and was just not paying attention which I did not really appreciate.
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 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.