Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Novartis with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Internship roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Novartis overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Novartis as a Internship according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
Group panel interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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Haven't interviewed yet but so far they have been good with communication and finding out if I have all the information needed for an interview. Got emailed from multiple individuals. Looking forward to the interview and hopefully things will go well. Will write another review once conducted
Had Recruiter call, Asked basic questions, and informed to be reached out if the hiring manager wants to move forward with next interview round. No interview after that but I guess there are only two round interviews, one Recruiter and if the Hiring manager liked your response to the Recruiter call then next round interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself, qualification details, and interest
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Novartis (Manipal) in Jul 2021
Interview
There was one round of interview and basic questions were asked about the manufacturing process involved in pharmaceuticals along with some personal questions.
A senior research scientist took the interview and there was an HR round for shortlisted students
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q- Basic tablet manufacturing process
Q- Role of excipients
Q-Name of excipients
Q- what is sustainable release
Q- How to achieve sustainable release
Q-role of polymer
Q- do you like helping and working with others
Q-What do you know about novartis
Q- How would you deal with conflict in the workspace