I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Eli Lilly and Company in Apr 2009
Interview
Received the interview through my college career fair. First, you must pass an online test that asks you personality questions and others regarding previous employment. After that, I was lucky enough to skip the next step which is a phone interview and go straight to an interview with the DM. He needed to be reassured that I actually had researched the company first. Many questions were about ambition and drive to succeed. In the end, I was lucky enough for him to be honest and let me know why he might not go with me or why he would. He told me that he normally could decide within minutes of meeting a candidate but had not with me and needed to think on it. The reason why I did not receive the job, according to him, is that he was looking for a person that wanted to quickly climb the ladder, possibly moving city to city, and just did not know if I was willing to do that. I have heard from insiders that when you are asked where you would like to live, you have to know where the open position is or you have a huge chance of missing out on the job even if you say that you are flexible.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe something that is complicated in simple terms.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Eli Lilly and Company (Raleigh, NC) in Feb 2025
Interview
This was one of the hardest interview processes I have ever gone through. There are many rounds to the interview, and they use the “STAR” process (you can look this up). If you are interviewing for this company, it’s imperative to study this process so you know how to answer questions correctly. I made it through to the final round of interviews (it was between myself and one other person). In the end, they went with someone more familiar with the territory.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What problem have you solved? How would you sell this stapler?
I interviewed at Eli Lilly and Company (Ocala, FL)
Interview
Interview was by phone. It was not very long maybe 20 minutes. I didn't feel like a connected with the person who was interviewing me. I did not receive a follow up interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your worst attribute? What type of manager do you prefer.
I applied online. I interviewed at Eli Lilly and Company
Interview
They fly you out and cover your travel expenses and stay through reimbursement. There’s generally two managers playing good cop bad cop. Overall a good interview process and very standard scenarios questions.
