Novo Nordisk CLEAN Team Member Interview Questions & Reviews

Interviewed May 2011 in Princeton, NJ (took 4 weeks)

Series of phone conversations with the HR person (remote), email correspondence and in person interview (at the hiring mgr's office). The "in person" interview very formal 2 hrs total experience. No ice breaking conversation or warm introductions. Style of interview: onsite HR person present (added no value to conversation), just a warm body in the room/eye witness. Line of questions "Sterile/Clinical" in mannerism, couldn't decipher if answers were well received or not. Conversations flowed unilaterally. Answered Qs with specific examples of past experience to support stance. Interviewer provided no gestures of agreement or any receptiveness towards ideal candidate/fit with other team members. Appearence/manner cold and calculating. Key take aways, observe and mirror the interviewer's style/mannerism. Style of interview: tough line of questions thrown at you. Other members of interview panel seem to mirror mannerism/style after the (dept head). Couldn't decipher anything about the work culture. Minimal office artifacts on display... desk, chair, phone in the room and well lit corner office (lots of natural sunlight from exterior) walls enclosed glass.