Novartis interview questions
Updated 2 Jun 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 13%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 11%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
- 10%RecruiterRecruiter
- 4%Recruitment agencyRecruitment agency
- 4%In personIn person
- 3%OtherOther
Interview search
1,793 interviews
Novartis interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Novartis as 60.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.11 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Talent Acquisition Partner and Scientist rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for QC Analyst I and Research Assistant roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Novartis takes an average of 60 days when considering 56 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Manager had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Business Development roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 150 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Novartis according to 56 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
One on one interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 16%
Skills test: 14%
Background check: 12%
Presentation: 11%
Drug test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Personality test: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Manager(268) ;
- Associate Director(204) ;
- Analyst(198) ;
- Director(185) ;
- Senior Analyst(159) ;
- Intern(144) ;
- Project Manager(139) ;
- Sales Representative(130) ;
- Medical Representative(91) ;
- Business Analyst(90) ;
- Internship(71) ;
- Medical Science Liaison (MSL)(69) ;
- Senior Manager(64) ;
- Scientist(58) ;
- Data Scientist(56) .
