I was contacted by a staffing agency regarding the position. They presented my credentials and qualifications to Novartis. Two weeks later I was informed that Novartis had interest in me. I had an initial phone interview and then two weeks later an in-person interview. One week later I was informed that due to internal events that I was no longer able to be considered for hire. Then, ten days later I was contacted again, asked if I was still available and interested for employment. And, I gladly accepted their offer.

The first round is a recruiter call. The recruiter brought in a junior staff to shadow but no advance notice was given. The recruiter also reschedule the call in less than 24 hours which is not very professional. I was asked a competency-based question during a recruiter screening call; however, no notice was given, so I wasn't given a chance to prepare. Just felt like being set up to fail, not impressed.