BNSF Railway Tech Trainee Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 7 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at BNSF Railway.
BNSF Railway
Tech Trainee
Intern Average Neutral experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Coding System Design
The interview process has 3 rounds. First is a 30min screening call with the recruiter. Second, a 45min live coding session, mostly mid-level LeetCode questions. Third, a 45min system design session, focusing on problems related to railway systems.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Can you share your experience with Java?
- What's your background with Angular?
- Tell me about your experience using Kafka.
BNSF Railway
Tech Trainee
Entry Easy Positive experience Accept offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen Recruiter call
Interview formats
Coding System Design Behavioral
It was a 2 round process. The first round was a coding DSA question, which was pretty easy, involving a Hash Set. The second round was more system design focused, with questions about OOP and designing 3 API endpoints. There were also some behavioral questions mixed in.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Tell me about a time you didn't succeed.
BNSF Railway
Tech Trainee
Entry Easy Negative experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Take home
Interview formats
Coding
I got sent an online assessment that had a medium LeetCode problem. I solved it in under 20 minutes and passed all test cases. Then I got rejected three weeks later. It felt like a complete waste of my time. I don't see the point of sending out online assessments if you're just going to reject people afterward.
Confirmed questions1 question
- A medium-difficulty LeetCode question involving a greedy algorithm was asked.
BNSF Railway Tech Trainee Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from BNSF Railway interview reports.
“Can you draw the high-level design for this example system design question?”
Read reports →“Tell me about your experience using Kafka.”
Read reports →“Tell me about a time you didn't succeed.”
Read reports →“What's your background with Angular?”
Read reports →“Can you share your experience with Java?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 7 BNSF Railway interview reports.