Eli Lilly and Company Software Engineer interview experience

After an application review by HR and recruiting, I had an initial recruiter call that leaned into behavioral and culture-fit questions, plus role-expectation prompts. I remember questions like why I was interested in Lilly, walking through my experience, and discussing strengths and weaknesses, with STAR-style answers being a recurring theme.

Next came a technical assessment stage that could take different forms, but in my experience it was still focused on problem-solving—testing how I handled algorithms and structured thinking. After that, I went into deeper technical interviews where the