Novartis interview questions
Updated Jun 2, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 13%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 11%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 10%RecruiterRecruiter
- 4%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 4%In PersonIn Person
- 3%OtherOther
Interview search
1,793 interviews
Novartis interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Novartis as 78.4% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.88 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Brand Manager and Marketing Coordinator rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Secretary and Administrative Assistant roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Novartis takes an average of 24 days when considering 51 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Medical Sales Representative had the quickest hiring process (on average 2 days), whereas Associate Director - IT roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 60 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Novartis according to 51 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Phone interview: 14%
Skills test: 11%
Group panel interview: 11%
Personality test: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Background check: 8%
Drug test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 3%
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) .
