Hikal
1,162 employee reviews
Rated in line with the Pharma average of 3.79 — strong on job security, weaker on career growth.
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How employees rate Hikal
scale 0–5▲ industry avg 3.79
Should you join?
- ✓Job security (4.06) and Work-life balance (3.84) are its best-rated categories.
- !Career growth (3.01) is the weakest signal in employee reviews.
- ≈Overall 3.79 vs the Pharma average of 3.79.
How Hikal compares
Top 46%
of 65,901 rated companies
#710 of 1609
in Pharma
vs the average across all 65,901 rated companies
Real interview signal
Questions candidates reported after interviewing at Hikal · roles as reported.
77
Interview experiences
47
Questions reported
Junior Officer
What is your understanding of the working principles of Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)?
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Company facts
Hikal operates in pharmaceuticals and crop protection, delivering APIs and custom manufacturing while adhering to global regulatory standards.
- CEO
- Abdul Shaikh
- Founded
- 1988
- Employees
- 2,062+
- In India
- 2062
- Type
- Private · Pharma
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