I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Eli Lilly and Company (Chattanooga, TN) in Apr 2016
Interview
I took the online assesment and within the next couple of days I got an email to set up phone interview. I had my phone interview which only last about 20 minutes. Normal questions I.e. Why pharmacy? Why sales? Why diabetes? And just questions about my resume. In about 2 weeks I got an email saying I would move on to f2f interview. I did that last week and they said I should hear back early this week between 7-10 days after interview. They interviewers were extremely nice and made me feel comfortable. Seemed more like a conversation than interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
F2f: what difficulties might you face in this job?
Describe a day as a sales rep?
Favorite and least favorite class in college?
Tell about a time something in your job changed and how you dealt with it? (Since pharmaceuticals changes daily)
Tell about a time you worked with a group to accomplish something.
How would you get past the gate keeper?
How would you convince the doctor to switch from another product he has used for years?
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.
