Network Rail Software Engineer interview experience

It was about an hour in total and had two parts: an individual interview and a group task.

In the group task, we had to select a few scenarios out of a set and then collectively decide how to handle potential hazards. The emphasis was on decision-making and how the group reached a sensible approach. The individual interview was more conversational, but still rooted in how I thought about the job in practical terms.

Overall the tone was calm and the format didn’t drag on, so the difficulty came more from the scenario reasoning than from any stressful process. I didn’t get an offer, and