R&D Global Development

What to expect in the assessment centre

27 February 2013 | By: Tatjana

Congratulations to those who have made it to the next round in the recruitment process! To be one of the few chosen ones for the telephone interview among almost 7000 applicants is already a big achievement! Within the next couple of days you will receive an answer if you have made it to the assessment centre. Fingers crossed!

The assessment centre. There is a fascination about the recruitment centre that makes applicants curious about it, already before they have even started writing their motivational letter. I remember very well fearing and at the same time wondering about what will happen in those two days. Only the fact that it lasts for two days terrified me to the extent that I locked myself up in the library in order to learn Novo Nordisk’s financial statement by heart. In retrospect, this was pretty ridiculous. But I did not want to leave room for taking chances. I am not saying you should not prepare the details, do whatever makes you feel confident. However, in order to shed light into the dark, I will give you in the following an overview of what to expect in those notorious two days (based on last years recruitment centre).

The first day starts off in our headquarter in Bagsvaerd, close to Copenhagen. You will meet around 120 other applicants from all over the world. Everyone is incredibly nice and thus new acquaintances are easily made. What follows is an impressive introduction to the company. At the latest at this point you will realize how exciting it must be to work for Novo Nordisk and how valued graduates are within the company.
After the introduction and some mingling with the other applicants, you will go to the conference centre, where the assessment for the following two days takes place.

What follows are numerous different activities to assess your:
1. personal fit to Novo Nordisk
2. people skills
3. presentation skills
4. team player skills
5. your motivation for Novo Nordisk and the program you applied to
6. analytical and critical thinking

Group exercises: You will be doing couple of group exercises in which you have to solve non real life problems within your group, either under time pressure or solution oriented, or both. I remember the group exercises as very challenging but at the same time as a lot of fun. Personally, this was my favourite part of the assessment centre.

Interview: You will have interviews with the recruiters. The interviews are very program specific and accordingly focus areas might differ. You can expect however that no matter to which program you applied your personality is focal point.

Presentation: You might be asked to prepare a presentation on a specific topic which will be presented to one or more of the recruiters.

Case Study: Last year we received a case based on a real life challenge of a pharmaceutical company. In a group of applicants from the same program you have to come up with tangible solutions to the case which will be presented to all other groups and recruiters.

Throughout the assessment centre current graduates will be present to answer all your questions and to get to know you better. At the end of the first day you can look forward to a very nice dinner in one of Copenhagen’s fantastic restaurants. Don’t stay up too long though, the second day is by no means more relaxed than the first.

All in all, the assessment centre is extremely intense but at the same time a lot of fun. You get to know many like minded, interesting people. But what is more, you also get to know yourself better which makes the graduate assessment centre a truly rewarding experience.

For tips on how to succeed in the recruitment centre, please read these posts by Elin and Antti.

I hope to have clarified some concerns about the assessment centre. And I very much look forward to meet you there!

Best,

Tatjana

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Key takeaways from the RA Graduate program

7 February 2013 | By: Tamara

Category: Business Processes Corporate Finance Global Marketing Product Supply R&D Global Development R&D Regulatory Affairs Uncategorized | (0) comments

I have finished the RA Graduate program, but doing the blog has forced me to step back and really re-evaluate the last two years and I have realized that there were a few key things that I learnt from the graduate program:

You have no idea what you are capable of.

When I was chosen for the graduate program, I felt that whatever happened I would only be challlenged work wise, since I knew what it was like to be in a new place and make new friends and adapt to a different country. That was proven wrong in my 2nd rotation

I was alone, in Brighton, in winter, while my workplace was undergoing a restructure. I knew no one and the people at work were more concerned about their jobs (and rightfully so!) than starting up the new graduate. Also minor detail but I didn’t have a TV or working internet in my apt. But, through this experience I found a drive within myself that I would not have figured out otherwise, and I proactively volunteered to shadow all the clinical trial monitors in the department, even though it was not the most interesting thing to do every day, I looked at it as a learning experience. I learnt a lot about the different trials and products since I was accompanying any monitor willing to have me along :). I also signed up for social clubs in Brighton and eventually met a few fun people. My proactive shadowing became very useful in the last 2 months of the rotation when 2 of the monitors resigned, and since I was now ‘experienced’ I was asked to cover their trials. So I ended up getting real monitoring experience, but if I had not been proactive I may not have been granted that chance!

Finding a job you love, figuring out what you like and don’t like…

Choosing a graduate program is a key indicator that you are not entirely sure what you would like to focus on in a career! However after 3 different rotations you learn a lot about what you like. This time to figure out what you really enjoy in a job is priceless, and maybe the greatest benefit of a program like this!

In my case, I realized that I would not enjoy a career as a clinical trial monitor. I also realized that while I enjoy regulatory affairs, I like more the coordination and LEANing of processes than navigating through guidelines. This was forged in my 2^nd rotation in India where I was a project manager and set up a new process that is being used by all our regulatory submissions going forward. This rotation made me realiZE my ideal job after the graduate program. I am a Project Coordinator within Labeling Development and Launch, which is a department in Regulatory Operations. It is project based, and I have to coordinate with graphic designers, marketing, regulatory affairs and production, as well as affiliates, and many more. It is still new to me since I started at the beginning of the year, but every day brings some new challenges and something interesting to learn!

A network..people you can also have fun with J

The network you build while in the program is one of its biggest advantages. You have your year of graduates, as well as the year before and after you, and then the colleagues from the different departments just as a start. However while this network is a great work asset, it also helps you find a social group when you move to Denmark. Most of the graduates have a lot of business dinners and team events within their program and also tend to spend a lot of time together outside of work.

Within the RA graduate program, we have had many dinners and a few team building events and have experienced multiple seminars and conferences. I guess we are lucky we all liked each other, cause we did end up spending a lot of time together! :)

I posted just a few pictures of our fun times in the graduate program. It has been an incredible journey and I have learnt and experienced more than I could have imagined when i was writing my application.

If you haven’t applied as yet, the deadline is soon! Remember to highlight why you are interested in RA in your cover letter and what separates you from the other applicants, keep it interesting and let us see what you are passionate about!

Good luck with the applications!!!

Tamara

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What is the World Diabetes Day and how is it celebrated in South Africa, China, United Arab Emirates and Brazil?

4 February 2013 | By: Thomas

Over the course of each year several of the ~34.000 Novo Nordisk employees around the world takes part in activities to create awareness about diabetes and support the people living with the disease. One of the major activities takes place on the 14. November each year, namely the World Diabetes Day.

Each year on this date, Novo Nordisk partners with the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in support of the United Nations Resolution on Diabetes. On this day employees, partners, people with diabetes and the general public are united to change diabetes. The date, 14. November, was chosen as it is the birthday of Frederick Banting who, along with Charles Best, first conceived the idea which led to the discovery of insulin in 1921. Since the adoption of the United Nations (UN) Resolution on diabetes in December 2006, World Diabetes Day has become an official United Nations World Health Day.

This special day is usually celebrated with various activities in countries all over the world. To give you an impression, here follows testimonials from me and my fellow Corporate Finance graduates around the world.

Name: Adam Bo Petersen

Country: Johannesburg, South Africa

Current rotation: Finance, South Africa Affiliate, Business Area Africa Gulf and India (BAAGI)

Past rotations: Corporate Controlling and Strategic Finance (HQ DK), Insights and Forecasting (HQ DK)

How did you/your area celebrate world diabetes day: The affiliate celebrated the world diabetes day by having all employees dressed up in the same Novo Nordisk t-shirt. We had a great presentation by an internal speaker with interesting perspectives and videos from the world diabetes foundation. The national cycle team sponsored by Novo Nordisk South Africa also visited the office and after the visit we enjoyed a nice South African lunch together.

Name: Jeannine Hethey

Country: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Current rotation: Finance, Legal and IT, BAAGI Dubai Office

Past rotations: Management Support, Business Assurance (HQ DK), Business Assurance India (GSC Bangalore, India)

How did you/your area celebrate world diabetes day:

They organized different awareness events – including:

- A Diabetes Day at a school where we (most of my colleagues from the office and I) also went to participate on the 14 Nov. This included some games about Diabetes and healthy lifestyle for the students as well as some educational session for the parents and a group picture after a short walk with all the students.

- A diabetes awareness quiz running all week – with a presentation of in-depth answers by the end

- A step-counting competition running for about two weeks

- A session with a local diabetes doctor

Name: Jan Iser

Country: Tianjin, China

Current rotation: Finance & Business Strategy,

Past rotations: Product Supply Financial Planning (HQ DK), Corporate Tax (HQ DK)

How did you/your area celebrate world diabetes day: We had a “Diabetes walk” around both production plants. Parents received a game “Healthy beast and Moody monster” for their kids, that should help them distinguish between healthy and unhealthy food. We could also take a diabetes themed photo at some stalls and sign up for “Take Action” (Novo Nordisk internal initiatives allowing employees to volunteer in activities such as diabetes awareness campaigns, fundraisings, diabetes youth camps, collections, walkathons, local community activities and much more), where we have a partnership with an orphanage.

Name: Thomas Flemming Thorsen

Country: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Current rotation: BALAT Finance, Business Area Latin America Regional Office

Past rotations: Risk Office (HQ DK), Finance Projects (HQ DK)

How did you/your area celebrate world diabetes day: On the 14^thof November, the entire office was decorated with awareness posters and balloons, and all employees were wearing the same t-shirt to help create awareness. During the week, there were several activities taking place around the office. I participated in a voluntary activity together with my girlfriend, helping out a local Diabetes organization handing out brochures and guiding people to professional nurses where they could get their bloodsucar tested and receive guidance on what to be aware of.

If you are interested and want to know more, you can read more about the World Diabetes Day here: Link

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Applying for and getting the job

22 January 2013 | By: Oluf Højbjerg

Category: R&D Global Development | (2) comments

I’m not sure exactly what got me the job as a graduate. I remember reading the job add thinking that I matched the requirements, and I guess that’s the first thing that needs to be in place. There are some quite concrete requirements that the initial selection is based on. I don’t know much more about the details of them now than I did when I applied. I know that Novo Nordisk is looking for candidates that are among the best in their class. But I also know that you don’t have to be a straight a student to get the job. What’s more important is your inter-social skills, that you have a positive attitude, that collaboration and being a team player comes natural to you, and that you have international experience. I think at least half of the graduates that they were hired last year, origin from another country than Denmark. I am a native Dane myself, and my international experience comes from studying abroad twice during my studies at the university. I spent half a year near Toronto and another half a year in Berlin. Another thing that counted in my favor was the fact that I had been working both as a student assistant as well as full-time at the University of Copenhagen within the skill area that I was applying for. Relevant working experience is often held in great esteem. The same was the case here.

I realize that the deadline for applying for a graduate position is approaching and that many of you reading these blog post are perhaps struggling with your application these days. I would love to give you tips and tricks for your writing, but I don’t have any special formulation or subject that is a must to include in your application. I believe in honesty and authenticity, and my best advice to you is to write about your professional as well as personal strengths in a trustworthy way with focus on the aspects of your profile that make you the right persons for the position you are applying for. In addition to that I think that simple things that a neat layout of your cover letter and curriculum vitae and an application written in a flawless, flowing and non-pretentious style are important. It expresses structure and propriety.

What I liked about the recruitment process for a Novo Nordisk graduate position was the professionalism and seriousness together with the great energy that filled the two days of the “bootcamp”. I think I touched upon this in my first blog post. The energy and professionalism has continued to be a striking part of my experiences at Novo Nordisk. It’s evident that people here really like there jobs and share a believe in working to strengthen the company and improve its products. Today we received approval of a product within the project that I am currently working on. This was celebrated with cakes and a motivating speech from the woman in charge, and I will end this post with a picture from that event.

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New adventures as an RA Graduate

10 January 2013 | By: Tamara

Category: Business Processes European Finance Product Supply R&D Global Development R&D Regulatory Affairs | (10) comments

Hello again! I am super excited to be blogging for the RA Graduate programme again this year!

Since I have already touched on the how to apply and what we are looking for in an application in my previous post and Mian one of the RA graduates that started in 2012 has also written about how to write an awesome cover letter, I have decided to tell you more about my life as an RA Graduate.

In one of my previous posts ‘what does a regulatory affairs graduate do‘ I had mentioned that I was in my 2^nd rotation as a Clinical Trial monitor in the UK and I was enjoying the new experience. However, within 2 months of my rotation, it was announced that the EU offices would undergo a huge restructuring, particularly in the UK and German offices. As a result of this announcement, my rotation manager understandably was busy dealing with the affect it would have on the department and there was less time to train me and set me up as an independent trial monitor.

The situation seemed dire until my graduate manager called me and asked if I would like to move to India for a few months since they needed help setting up a new process in the RA Global Service Centre in Bangalore. I jumped at the opportunity to embark on a new challenge!

Bangalore was a fantastic experience, professionally and personally. I was given the responsibility as a project manager to set up the process and the team that would do a technical check of all our regulatory files for future submissions. It was very different from the other tasks I have had and again it was a steep learning curve, this time on the publishing and compiling processes involved in a regulatory submission to the Health authorities. It was a life changing experience to get this large task as a graduate and it taught me a lot about LEANing a process, contingency planning and getting a team to work.

India was also a fascinating place. From the rickshaws and the temples, to the tea plantations and food it was a constant adventure. In the beginning there were as expected funny miscommunications but taking the time to understand the culture and interacting with my colleagues, made things easier. I even held a workshop to better the communication between India and Denmark, and the cultural and communication knowledge I have gained will be useful in any future career in a global workplace.

The experience also helped me decide what career to pursue after the RA Graduate programme, but that’s a story for another day :)

I am always open to questions about applying and the RA Graduate programme so please do not hesitate to contact me!

Good luck applying!

Tamara

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A short note on the view from my desk and statistics in Novo Nordisk

3 January 2013 | By: Oluf Højbjerg

Category: R&D Global Development | (1) comments

Dear reader,

I hope you all had a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. I returned to my desk today after spending Christmas with family in Denmark and New Year with friends in Berlin. The first months in Global Development have been intense and very stimulating and it was great with some days off to absorb the impressions and relax a little.

The photo here below is my desk in building B at Vandtårnsvej in Søborg. Global Development is located in two new buildings at Vandtårnsvej, and I am located on the 3rd floor.

It’s an open office working environment which creates a lot of energy and sense of activity in your surroundings. I like that – even though it sometimes get’s a little noisy. But then if you stay late you appreciate the quietness in the late afternoons. Here below is a photo of the view from my desk over the open space that makes up the center of the building:

The colored thing in the picture is a very special lamp, that has caused the fire alarm to go off at several occasions due to short circuits.

Before Christmas I had been working on preparing statistical analyses for two clinical trials within in the development project of my department. We are a group of statisticians who share the responsibility of having statistical procedures set up for analyses of clinical trial outcomes when the data for the clinical trials are ready. The different statistical analyses needed are specified well ahead of any data from the clinical trial being obtained and the programs are tested on blinded data in order to now that the function correctly. The output of a statistical program may be a table with regression estimates, a graph or figure or a listing. When data is ready, the pre-prepared programs are run on the unblinded data and the results of the analyses are then presented and interpreted at a result meeting. Prior to this a huge work has been done in other departments of Global Development to set up the trial, recruit patients, obtain patient individual measurements of relevant medical parameters (such as blood glucose level). Some clinical trials run for more than a year before data is ready for analyses, and before the enrollment of patients there has been a preparation period of perhaps another year. Statistics is just one part of the development projects.

The two trials that I was working on before Christmas now have all statistical programs ready for the analyses, and there has already been result meeting for one of them. The next is to take place within the few next weeks. For my part I will now be working in collaboration with a doctor on some exploratory analyses on an older trial in order to make further investigations of the association between adverse events and observed in our studies and possible confounders such as age and country. These analyses will hopefully provide us with valuable information for the preparation of future trials.

I realize that Global Development is not hiring any graduates this year, and that it may not be that relevant for you to read about my working tasks. To make sure you don’t miss out on any information on our graduate programs please keep in touch by

- liking us on Facebook => http://www.facebook.com/novonordiskgraduates

and by

- registering to the job agent at http://www.novonordisk.com/careers/job-agent.asp

All the best,

Oluf

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Dear reader, welcome!

14 December 2012 | By: Oluf Højbjerg

Category: R&D Global Development | (1) comments

Dear reader,

First of all: welcome to this blog. Over the next months I will write blog entries with insights and experiences from my work-life as a graduate at Novo Nordisk in the Biostatistics skill area.

I started working at Global Development in Novo Nordisk September 1st 2012, so it’s already been more that three months since I had my first day here. This blog should hopefully give you an understanding of what those three months have been like, but before I go into more details about that, I will tell you about how I ended up applying for this job. Since you are reading this post you are probably considering applying for a graduate position as well, so perhaps my story can be of some relevance to you.

My academic background is a master’s degree in mathematics-economics from the University of Copenhagen. It’s a five year program with a strong focus on mathematics, statistics and also some economics. Economics was never my favorite discipline so I took some electives within probability theory and statistics and found those disciplines more exciting. In my third year of studying I began working as a statistical programmer at the Department of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, and after a little detour I ended up full time in this department after graduating. I was planning to stay in there, pursuing a phd-scholarship in the department, but through my old institute I got information about the graduate positions in biostatistics at Novo Nordisk and applied.

What I like about statistics is its philosophical aspects. The foundations of statistics are difficult to grasp. They necessitate the existence of such things as random events, and in my opinion its a question of believe whether you find that meaningful or not. I guess my view on that is that many events are random – or unexplainable – to us, but on an abstract level there are no such thing as a random event. I enjoy thinking about things like that and to try and make a meaning of it. Probability theory and statistics provide one way of coming across my affinity for explanations or proofs. Having said that, such thoughts and considerations do not play a big part of my daily work at Novo Nordisk, but nonetheless it’s what feed my fascination of statistics and I cling to that fascination when I get bored of fitting statistical models.

So back to my story. As I explained I got information on the position from people at my old institute at the university. From first glance it stroke me as the perfect thing. The last year in my master’s program had been a rough ride with several long periods of disillusion and despair and I had difficulties picturing me what life after university would be like. I didn’t see myself fitting into usual job descriptions for people graduating from the mathematics-economics program. Close to the deadline of my master’s thesis I was about to abandon the work and go into medical school instead. It seemed at the moment (and sometimes it still does) to be the only meaningful thing to do. But in the end I continued on the math-econ path, defended my thesis, worked 4 months at the department of finance, Copenhagen Business School, before leaving that department for the department of biostatistics at the University of Copenhagen and after two months there hearing about the graduate position at Novo Nordisk.

What appealed to me right from the beginning was the prospect to work to years within three different areas, spending eight months abroad, getting to know a lot of new people and experiencing myself what it is like to work in a private company with a global focus. It seemed to me like the perfect opportunity to try something totally different from what I had done until then and at the same time making use of what I had learned while studying. I didn’t hesitate to write the application (I think the deadline was sometime in February last winter) and I recall that it sort of wrote itself. I have written many applications in my life, sometimes for things I probably didn’t really want, but this time there was not a doubt in my mind, and that made it really easy to write.

The application lead to a telephone interview, then two online tests and finally a two day graduate recruitment center at a hotel (which I for some reason always refer to as “the boot camp”. I guess it in a way resembled the boot camps in the talent show “X-Faktor”). I really enjoyed the boot camp. It was a very intense experience with different tasks and challenges and even though people were competing for the same positions, the environment and spirit was only friendly and productive. I remembered feeling like part of a group of extremely talented young people that all had the possibility to make something great of themselves.

Soon after the boot camp I was offered the position and I accepted right away.

I have now put down quite a lot a words and have not even touched upon what it’s then really like working at Novo Nordisk. I promise to tell you about that in the next posts. I just felt like giving you some background information and I hope you found it somewhat interesting. I guess I wanted to say that my way to the Novo Nordisk graduate program was not one that I had planned on way ahead. It was an opportunity that offered itself at the right time, and I think that the main reason that I got the position was that I really felt it was right for me. I didn’t know about the program until two weeks before the deadline for the application. I remember finding the homepage for the program rather confusing so I didn’t really read blog posts from other graduates (I guess you have – on the contrary – found your way around the webpage, since you have reached this post), I applied spontaneously – but highly motivated – and the boot camp really gave me the feeling, that this is a place where things can happen. I liked that feeling, and I like being here.

Well, keep reading and don’t hesitate to post questions or comments. I will be happy to give you all the advice in order for you to find out whether to apply for a position in the Novo Nordisk graduate program. I realize that there are no positions within Global Development offered this year, but I will be happy to help the best I can nonetheless.

/Oluf

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My Journey So Far

24 September 2012 | By: Max

Hi Applicants,

So I have now been part of the graduate programme for just over a year, so thought I would give you an outline of my time so far!

I started by getting into the Business IT Graduate programme and moving to Zürich last September to begin my Journey within Sales & Marketing Applications Development. Whilst there I worked on a medium sized project with a team of 2 other Novo Nordisk employees and at times upwards of 30 consultants. The project was to implement a Sales CRM application on an iPad for Sales reps across Europe and roll it out.

My starting role was Testing and Quality lead and revolved around ensuring that a team of 8 testers and their manager in India were able to test our solution effectively. Along with this came the development of all the documentation for the solution. This became particularly critical as we late in the project had to go through an internal audit. My role quickly evolved and I became involved with training our sales force in the use of the system travelling across Europe to do so. The system is currently in the process of rolling out to over 2000 users across the continent.

After 8 months Skiing and playing with iPad’s in Zürich, I moved to Copenhagen and the other end of our business. I started working with IT in our Production. I currently do this in the role of Project Manager, managing numerous small projects each working with separate production lines across our business. Our team of 5 implement an IT system which measures the efficiency of our production teams and machines giving rise to improvement opportunities. I currently handle production lines in Denmark and Brazil. In this I take responsibility in working with the production staff, our consultants and suppliers as well as the operations team to build plans, ensure communication, allocate resources, and generally do everything to make sure we implement a desired system on time.

I will be finishing this second rotation on the first of September and am currently looking at possibilities for my next rotation. I am thoroughly enjoying the program so far and the level of challenges that I have been given. Should you have comments or questions please leave them below.

Cheers,

Max Andersen

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Blog days are over! Bye, friends!

27 August 2012 | By: Lise

Dear Readers,

Out with the old and in with the new! The time has come for my time as a graduate (and hence also my graduate blogging days) to end.

The Graduate Programme has been a fantastic experience the past couple of years. With three very different rotations, I have had a steep learning curve and gained in-depth understanding of Novo Nordisk and our industry. I have gotten a deep respect for our business, what we do, and for whom we do it – our patients. Last but most certainly not least, I have also gained some of my closest friends through the other graduates.

It’s time for the “real world”, and as many graduates have accepted great jobs throughout the organisation, I am excited to have started my full time position in our Haemophilia R&D unit as Communications Manager.

If you’re a Master student and you are considering applying, I cannot stress enough that you should do it! Applying for the graduate programme was probably one of the better ideas I have ever gotten – I couldn’t imagine a better way to transition from university to business life, and I cannot think of another job that would give me so many opportunities, experiences and leanings as this programme has done.

While I will no longer be on the blog, you are still welcome to contact me with any questions. I leave you here with some memories…

: The best graduate year... The Business Process, Global Marketing and European Business Graduates

: On a learning journey in Istanbul, getting to know the Turkish market by driving with sales reps, and learning about business in the Middle East by meeting colleagues from Iran and Jordan.

: At the foot of the Ngong Hills, graduate team at the house of Karen Blixen outside Nairobi

: In New Caledonia, Australian marketing and sales team celebrate the launch of a new device...

: Out for a dinner with the graduates, enjoying some Italian food.

: All graduates from all programmes head to Snekkersten in Denmark to take an intensive, three day project management course

: At the Career Fair in Budapest with graduate and Talent Attraction team

: At the house of Reuben Magoko, head of Nyeri County Diabetes Support Group, Kenya

: At my old school, CBS, participating at the Career Fair

: Heading to Berlin on a weekend trip to run the half marathon

Good luck in your future careers and with your future endeavours!

Yours truly,

Lise

Tags: Career, Career path, Fun at Work, goodbye, graduate life

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Live from the GRC…!

20 March 2012 | By: Lise

We are blogging from the GRC, where the final 80 candidates are ready for the 2-day challenge that make up the GRC or Assessment Centre. The first day has started with Lars Rebien, our CEO, who tells his story of going from being a forrestry student to becomming the CEO of one of the world’s most successful pharmaceuticals.

Many of the candidates have had the chance to ask questions such as “what are your biggest challenges going forward?” or “how do you assure that all 32,000 candidates stay compliant with business ethics?”.
They are great questions, and they, together with thousands of others, will be asked and answered over the next few days as we proceed with presentations, interviews, cases and workshops.
Stay tuned!

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