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      Operations Manager Interview

      May 31, 2016
      Anonymous employee
      Atlanta, GA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Norfolk Southern (Atlanta, GA) in Mar 2012

      Interview

      We had a presentation before the interview about the company (Norfolk Southern), and then we waited until our name was called and went into a meeting room with a group of people for the interview. You have 3 sessions with 3 different groups of people for the interview. They got back to me within 2 weeks.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How would I handle situations when employees were doing something wrong?
      1 Answer

      Norfolk Southern interviews FAQs

      • Operations Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Norfolk Southern with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Operations Manager roles take an average of 2 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Norfolk Southern overall takes an average of 37 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Norfolk Southern as a Operations Manager according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Skills test:  25%

        Drug test:  25%

        Group panel interview:  25%

        Background check:  25%

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