I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Eli Lilly and Company (Kinsale) in Sep 2019
Interview
It is a four steps interview, you have to pass each step to receive a job offer. The first part is the CV selection, the second part is a HR interview + a technical interview. Then there is a half day interview with 4 different people and finally the medical assessment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The HR interview is a behavioral interview. 52 questions in 45 minutes, fired one after the other. The areas are conflict, team work, life outside work, perception of yourself, problem solving. Some questions are repeated, only worded differently. You have to give short answers, no more than 3 sentences. You need to answer all the question in the 45 minutes.
The second part is a technical interview going through your CV and your skills.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Eli Lilly and Company (Kinsale) in Aug 2021
Interview
The first step of the interview is the STAR interview method, which basically cuts off most of the introverted people who find it difficult to answer questions in a "fight or flight mode" (55 questions in 45 minutes). This is an American style that assumes everyone is extroverted and chatty. The fact itself that you are encouraged to "study" for the interview process, makes it look like a fabricated interview where you say what they want to hear. I have worked with brilliant people that did not pass this interview style, so it's definitely Lilly's loss. Also, they don't give feedback (after asking you for at least 2 hours of your time to go through the first step of the interview, the minimum I expect is feedback) and if you are not particularly brilliant but have a PhD, you surely are going ahead something better than you with "only" a BsC.
