Eli Lilly and Company Software Engineer interview experience

The conversation itself felt more like an informal chat than a formal screening—under an hour, with the interviewer putting me at ease and helping the discussion feel comfortable. I left feeling like it went well and that I’d been understood.

The part that threw off the momentum was the timing afterward. I didn’t hear back from the recruiter for more than three weeks, and the silence made the whole thing feel slow and uncertain even though the interview experience itself had been smooth. I never got to the point of an offer from that path.