Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Eli Lilly and Company with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 86% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Intern roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 46 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Eli Lilly and Company overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Eli Lilly and Company as a Intern according to 46 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 20%
One on one interview: 18%
Phone interview: 14%
Drug test: 13%
Background check: 13%
Skills test: 11%
Personality test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Eli Lilly and Company (Indianapolis, IN) in Mar 2022
Interview
It was based on the StAR method. So you will have to prepare by doing a lot of thinking about yourself and your career. There were two interviewers with a background similar to my area of expertise asking the question and they were all very nice
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to deal with a difficult situation
I applied online. I interviewed at Eli Lilly and Company (Bengaluru) in May 2026
Interview
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 college or 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
I applied through college or 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.