BNSF Railway Software Engineer interview experience

Following the take-home, I went through a combined initial technical and behavioral interview, and then it escalated into a big final stage.

The final stage was intense and drawn out—five rounds, with live coding appearing twice inside that loop. It also felt unusually duplicative overall: by the time I reached the later rounds, I was already exhausted from the earlier work. What really disrupted the flow was that one interviewer was significantly late and ended up canceling, which added even more uncertainty to an already heavy schedule. I had been told decision timing would take around two