I applied online. I interviewed at BNSF Railway (Fort Worth, TX) in Oct 2015
Interview
Took a while for a recruiter to get back to me. Had a phone interview with scenario based questions and then the in person with more of the same. I also took a skills examination that was not hard and only took about an hour. They will conduct a full background and drug test at the time of the in person interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Several questions regarding what I would me most likely to do and then what I would be least likely to do in the same situation.
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,
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.
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