I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Novartis (Cambridge, MA) in Jan 2014
Interview
Was interviewed by 2 scientists and 1 HR person. The interview with one of the scientist was an on-site phone interview which caught me totally by surprise as I was not expecting that. The interview went fine but the phone interview with the PI was a difficult one. No technical questions asked. Only behavioral.