Everyone I talked to at Novartis was nice and professional. Interviews were typically spontaneous and unrehearsed, but generally focused on relevant questions about prior experience and how I would solve particular problems.
However, the interview process dragged on for several months with no clear end or goal. Interviews were constantly cancelled and rescheduled. I lost at least 3 days work from cancelled interviews, and since I am a contractor, going through the whole process cost me over 1000e. The process ended with yet another interview that was cancelled at the last moment, followed by an email weeks later saying that I didn't get the job.
There are definitely some great people working at Novartis, but their behavior towards potential candidates is shocking and needs to be fixed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your experience in combining several different data types into a machine learning model?
I applied through university. I interviewed at Novartis (New Delhi) in Aug 2025
Interview
There are 3 rounds of the interview.
2 are rounds are related to the technical based where the 1 st round is based on the resume that can your projects in details .another round is about the pratical questions and how the algo used in real world and 3 rd round is Hr round.
This was an interesting interview. None of the questions asked were linked to the JD of the role. Questions were designed to ‘catch you out’ by asking random questions with have no bearing on my experience, or what is on the CV… It seemed the interviewers with one being the hiring manager came into it with a pre-determined mindset of ‘let’s get this out of the way’. There was no genuine conversation to see if there is a ‘team fit’ or capabilities that I can offer on the role… more importantly there was no time given for questions at the end and just a last ‘you have one question to ask which needs to be a quick one as we’ve run out of time’ - Appalling effort from a team supposedly looking to attract talent into their team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the definition of a project plan and what steps do you follow to create one?
Very boring and run of the mill questions. The interview was over in an hour. It seemed like they had already made up their mind and decided in the first few minutes that they want someone else for whatever reasons. Very disappointed with the process
