Network Rail Job Interview

[Tom.lxx]

Hi guys!
I have an interview with Network Rail for a role as a strategic planner and i am REALLY keen to get this job!
Has anybody recently had a n interview with Network Rail? If so what questions were you asked and do you know how many candidates had interviews?

 

[The Planner]

Cardiff or Swindon? Usually they will interview four or five.

 

[Tom.lxx]

Cardiff. Looking forward to it but kind of anxious as I don't come from a business experience background, but I've been doing my homework so fingers crossed!

 

[CaptainHaddock]

The main thing I would say is make sure you have plenty of examples for competency-based questions - the ones that start "give an example of a time when you did such-and-such". This type of question seems to be very common in interviews; an understanding of the "STAR technique" will help you answer them as best you can.

http://startechnique.com/

Good luck!

 

[Tom.lxx]

Thanks captain, that's very useful. Hopefully I've covered most of what will come but I'm sure there'll be something that'll catch me out!