Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Alcon with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 79% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Intern roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 20 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Alcon overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Alcon as a Intern according to 20 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 20%
Phone interview: 17%
Drug test: 17%
One on one interview: 13%
Background check: 10%
Presentation: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Group panel interview: 3%
Personality test: 3%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Alcon in Mar 2018
Interview
Was recommended for the job by professor. Two stage interview with hiring managers. Very friendly group of people who were easy to talk with. Worked with external hiring firm.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if the recommendations that you made to the sites turned out to be poor and needed to be removed?
They were friendly during the interviews, but they never clarified how many stages the process included. Even when I asked, I didn’t receive an explanation of what to expect. After completing several rounds, they ghosted me.
I applied online. I interviewed at Alcon in Feb 2025
Interview
The interview process is really nice, technical and behavior questions are not too hard. The interviewer is super friendly too, I enjoy chatting with them and the HR team also helped a lot in the interviewing process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Can you walk us through our resume?
Q: When you get stressed, what do you usually do?
Q: Talk about one time you work in a team
Brief introduction of the interviewer, then short greetings, and then diving straight into the interview. He asked few questions and also asked if I took some classes using specific names for those
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you give me an introduction of yourself for 5 minutes