NNetwork Rail·Software Engineer

Network Rail Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

London, EnglandPosted Jun 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My technical interview day followed a structured set of parts, and it was hard mostly because it covered a lot of different topics.

I started with competency questions that asked how I dealt with challenges in the past, with an emphasis on the specific skills I used to overcome them. I could feel they were expecting concrete examples rather than general statements.

Next, I was asked about the company itself—what I knew about Network Rail in particular. That segment focused on safety vision and also diversity and inclusion policies. After that came the technical part, and the full breakdown I experienced was about 60% competency, 10% company-related, and 30% technical.

I wasn’t offered the role. Even so, the structure

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