Pharmaceutical Sales Representative applicants have rated the interview process at Eli Lilly and Company with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 54% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Pharmaceutical Sales Representative roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 96 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 Pharmaceutical Sales Representative according to 96 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 19%
Personality test: 15%
One on one interview: 13%
Background check: 8%
Skills test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Drug test: 5%
Presentation: 2%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Eli Lilly and Company in Jul 2010
Interview
- Took a personality test along with resume submission.
- Was sent an email for a phone interview.
- Phone interview with basic phone interview questions.
- Received email that I did not get the job.
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.