I applied to Fragomen's Santa Clara office in the SF Bay Area. Fragomen does not run their own interviews and instead outsources to an HR firm, and only after you have passed through their hoops will they get you an on-site actually with Fragomen. The overall process is impersonal, automated, and makes you feel like a piece of cattle. I submitted my resume online and got a phone screen the next day with a recruiter. The recruiter was going off bullet list questions; there was no conversation and it's checking boxes for red flags. The recruiter started pressing me about where else I was interviewing, whether I had gotten offers elsewhere, and what was the minimum salary I would take. They're looking to lowball you out of the gate before you've even stepped on site for an interview. They next send you a bunch of automated tests-you have to do another video-recorded interview, an online skills test that takes an hour, and they also email your references making them fill out a survey. They refuse to forward your application otherwise. It's also impossible to ask questions at the end of the interview, because the recruiter doesn't even work at Fragomen. I asked about company culture and got a generic and cliche-filled answer. It's much like the interview process itself, sadly. They then had me do another phone screen with another recruiter who did the same automated, bullet-style interview. She kept butchering words on my resume; it was pretty clear she had not read it ahead of time. Again, she kept pressing on salary and demanded a number figure. I finally went through the couple hours of tests/videos they make you do and submitted it online. I scored very high on the aptitude test and did a thorough job on the other parts, but got an email rejection a few weeks later. I'm not terribly sure whether Fragomen intends for the interviewing to go this way, but the outsourcing of these operations is terrible and is destroying the process.

Apply online - no cover letter!! HR Call Interview with attorneys and senior para They might have the partner join They might have multiple teams interview you and they will fight over who "wins" you A test similar to the LSAT Wait a few weeks Offer letter (no negotiation when no experience) Start on a Tuesday