"Qualified?" Qualified to do what, exactly? Why would a pharma company want a candidate that has spent any time with another company, and no doubt knows what an absolute farce this whole business model is currently? Lilly, and most other pharma companies, want people who have never done this shit before. Those are the people that will labor away under some false illusion that they are needed, that they contribute, and will also conveniently be motivated by fear of losing their jobs because they do not know any better.
The only reason that Lilly, or any other company, hires reps is that front line reps allow for the continued illusion of the whole business model. If we were to collectively accept reality and embrace what the customer base embraced years ago, that the rep position is DOA; then all those over-paid VP and NSM level toads will be forced into the same conclusion about their cush jobs.
Upper mgmt only hires to perpetuate the lie further and allow themselves to suck off the shareholder tit for a few more years. Why in the hell would they want to hire people that know the scam?