I found myself asking most of the questions and then bragging as much as possible about myself, followed by the interviewer bragging about herself. Nothing complicated was asked, but I was surprised that the one job she wanted to hear most about had nothing to do with the position. I was asked what I took away from that experience and I was taken aback by the rookie question—finding myself questioning my BS answer to that more than anything else. That's probably why it's also the only question that I remember being asked.

It is based on the 6 core values of Novartis. It is a 30 minute interview process with 2-3 behavioral questions followed by 5-10 minutes of questions to the interviewer.