I applied online. I interviewed at BNSF Railway (Fort Worth, TX) in Feb 2015
Interview
They begin with a simple phone interview and skills assessment. If you pass that, they fly you down to Fort Worth for a large hiring event. There were over 50 candidates and you received an overview of the role, intro to BNSF and expectations. The second day was a panel interview and a drug test.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was a challenge you faced from management and how did you handle it?
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.
