Network Rail Software Engineer interview experience

When the interview happened, it was paneled with two senior engineers, and the interview felt deliberately centred on safe ways of working and how I’d apply behaviours in real contexts.

The questions mixed technical and competency themes, but safety behaviour was especially prominent. I remember the interview format moving from fit and motivation into safety questions and then into structured behavioural demonstration. It wasn’t a single thread the whole way through—there were distinct parts, with the interviewers keeping a consistent focus.

It was difficult in the sense that the level