Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Eli Lilly and Company with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Eli Lilly and Company as a Intern according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
Background check: 17%
Group panel interview: 17%
Personality test: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
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Talked with them at a career fair, was invited for interview next day. Interview was approx. 15-30 min and atmosphere was easygoing. Interviewers were nice, I had talked with them at career fair previously
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Tell me about yourself, why are you interested in Eli Lilly
I applied online. I interviewed at Eli Lilly and Company (Bengaluru) in May 2026
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It was good and organised. Everything was smooth. I got the results in a day for all the rounds.The recruiter kept in touch and gave me updates daily. I went up to two rounds, one was just an HR round asking me about my resume was just for 15 minutes and then another was a proper interview with 2 technical people asking purely technical questions about machine learning and literature related to it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about models i worked with since it was a machine learning position
I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Eli Lilly and Company (Indianapolis, IN)
Interview
Typical behavior questions, conflict, collaboration, learn new skills in fast-pace environment, etc. 2 interviewers from campus recruitement event. One technical question regarding resume experience. Asked about location and time preferences.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Eli Lilly and Company
Interview
not bad at all, quite friendly standard interview for the most part with no out of left field questions. Fairly average all round, one technical and one hr with two different interviewers