Network Rail Software Engineer interview experience

Each question felt tightly time-boxed, and I had to think clearly while the camera was on. The questions themselves mixed behavioural prompts with numerical and verbal-style reasoning, so I couldn’t just rely on telling my story—I had to show I could reason too.

Once I moved past the video part, my subsequent interview felt much more relaxed. It was easy to be myself, and the conversation drifted into broader industry topics rather than staying purely inside the job description. The questions were still aimed at understanding what kind of person I was, but the tone made it feel less like a