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      Director of Insights Interview

      Dec 13, 2022
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

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      I interviewed at Novartis

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      I had applied for a director-level role and got a rejection email. Several weeks later, a recruiter emailed to set up an interview with very short notice. I connected with her on a phone screen and was pushed to the next round with the hiring manager. Spoke to him and had a good conversation. Moved on to the next round with 4 others who were either on the same team or cross-functional partners. The woman who was on the same team seemed very inexperienced and had enough interview questions to last about 10 minutes. I was interviewed next by 2 women who were more senior in the organization, one told me I was overqualified for the role and wouldn't like it, and the other showed up 20 minutes late to a 30-minute call. The last interviewer showed up 25 minutes late to a 30-minute call and had to be tracked down by recruiting to call in. He said he had been triple booked, but didn't notify recruiting. He then seemed annoyed when I told him I had a hard-stop and wouldn't be able to continue past the scheduled 30 minutes. Instead of asking about my qualifications and extensive experience in my field, he proceeded to ask about the research I did to learn about the disease area in preparation for the interview, as if I was quite junior in my career. It was a terrible interview experience and seemed to demonstrate a culture that did not value people's time. Although I advanced to the next round of interviews, I declined the offer to proceed.
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