I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Global Patent Solutions (New York, NY)
Interview
Applied online, received call from HR one week later for a phone interview. Interview was conducted two-three days after that with one manager. After the phone interview, I was sent a sample patent claim set on a business method. I was given three days to complete a full search, find prior art/ write rejections, and notate search history. Maybe a slight challenge for someone with no IP experience, but as a former Patent Examiner I had no issue with it. I also had to complete a medium length personality test online. After one day, I received a call to schedule a second interview. Interview was WebEx (voice only) with two technical managers to discuss the sample search report. Received job offer the following day. Position requires two weeks of on site training in Arizona.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you think your past work experience will benefit you in the patent analyst position?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Global Patent Solutions
Interview
Easy interview. Started with an intro call and then provided a small test. overall an extremely easy process. Afterwards an interview was set up with the head of the department you were going to work with.
First round interview consisted of writing a report on patent searches for a sample problem. The report was analyzed and further questions on technical knowledge in respective fields was tested.
Phone interview with HR and hiring manager. Also was e-mailed a patent search proficiency assessment that took 4-8 hours. I did not have previous experience with patent search, but did have experience with academic literature search, so it wasn't completely foreign.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you familiar with patents? Are you willing to relocate or interested in telecommuting?
Patent Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Global Patent Solutions with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 77.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Patent Analyst roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Global Patent Solutions overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Global Patent Solutions as a Patent Analyst according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 23%
Phone interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 18%
Personality test: 14%
Other: 9%
Background check: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
One on one interview: 5%
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