Hitachi Rail Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 12 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Hitachi Rail.
Hitachi Rail
Software Engineer
Entry Difficult Negative experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding
This interview was pretty technical. They asked me about past projects, data structures, and technical choices I've made. To wrap it up, there was a LeetCode-style question where I had to write a function to solve it.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Could you tell me about a software engineering project you worked on?
Hitachi Rail
Software Engineer
Entry Easy Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen
Interview formats
Behavioral
The interview process was pretty straightforward, mostly focusing on behavioral aspects. The interviewer was quite friendly, making it feel more like a casual chat than a formal interview. There wasn't much deep technical questioning, just a bit about language skills and how you'd handle yourself in the office environment.
Confirmed questions1 question
- What programming languages do you know well?
Hitachi Rail
Software Engineer Intern
Intern Easy Positive experience Accept offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
I had a quick 20-minute chat with a few different teams, including the SWE Team, the network engineering team, and the signaling software engineering teams. The hiring team was really upfront and easy to work with. The people I talked to were super nice and totally fine with answering my questions honestly.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Can you tell me about the programming languages you know?
- How did you solve problems in past internships?
- What makes you want to work at Hitachi in particular?
Hitachi Rail Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Hitachi Rail interview reports.
“How do you insert an element into a linked list using C++?”
Read reports →“Can you explain how to find the middle node of a linked list?”
Read reports →“How do you control the speed of electric motors?”
Read reports →“Could you describe the structure of electric motors?”
Read reports →“What are the modulation techniques used?”
Read report →“Can you describe commands for managing processes in Linux?”
Read report →“What programming languages do you know well?”
Read report →“Can you tell me about the programming languages you know?”
Read report →“What would you like to do at our company?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 12 Hitachi Rail interview reports.