I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Novartis (Cambridge, MA) in Sep 2016
Interview
The interview process was through a recruiting agency and it was normal.
It was few months contract and they were very pleasant and upfront about the recruitment which was nice.
First there was a phone Interview which was just a basic brush of what I knew and what I did not know from my resume as well as describing my projects as I am a college student.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
OOP principles and basic navigation through directories and command line interface.
CLI navigation and bug detection .
A program was shown and I was asked to see where it could have gone wrong.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Novartis in Feb 2016
Interview
First, I had to do a coding challenge. The challenge was a take-home, so you could do it at your own pace, which was nice. Afterwards, I had a phone interview and it was a behavioral interview. Finally, the last round was supposed to be on site, but I did not get to that round.