Novartis interview questions
Updated 2 June 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 57.1% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.92 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Lab Associate and Scientist rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Medical Science Liaison and Marketing Director roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Novartis takes an average of 24 days when considering 14 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Medical Science Liaison had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Scientist roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 60 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Novartis according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 18%
One on one interview: 18%
Phone interview: 15%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Personality test: 6%
Background check: 6%
Drug test: 3%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Manager(268) ;
- Associate Director(204) ;
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- 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) .