NOV interview questions
Updated Apr 17, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 16%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 11%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 9%RecruiterRecruiter
- 7%In PersonIn Person
- 7%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 4%OtherOther
Interview search
395 interviews
NOV interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at NOV as 73.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.58 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Front End Web Developer and Production Coordinator rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Corporate Recruiter and Inside Sales Representative roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at NOV takes an average of 22 days when considering 329 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Lead had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Intern Process Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at NOV according to 329 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Drug test: 14%
Background check: 14%
Phone interview: 14%
Group panel interview: 12%
Skills test: 11%
Presentation: 6%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
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