Candidatei-me online. O processo levou 4 semanas. Fui entrevistado pela Dehns em nov. de 2020
Entrevista
Started with online tests assessing verbal reasoning and completing written description. Then invited to interview online. This involved technical questions with two attorneys followed by an exercise in which you had to look at a piece of prior art and compare it with a new patent application to see if patentable. Then talk through this exercise with two more attorneys.
Fiz uma entrevista na empresa Dehns (Londres, Inglaterra).
Entrevista
Starts with a Written assessment. If you pass the written you go to an Assessment day and then if you pass that there is then a final round interview. I did not make it to final round.
Candidatei-me online. Fui entrevistado pela Dehns em mar. de 2026
Entrevista
Submitted a CV and cover letter, A month later I was asked to complete a psychometric test. Another month after that (January), I was asked to do another online task involving writing a description of an invention within 45 minutes. I was then invited to a recruitment day in London in February.
I was one of 15 who attended, and the rumour was that we were vying for 2 roles across the firm. The full day involved (a) a technical interview with two attorneys for which we were given 30 minutes to read a patent specification before a discussion, (b) a group patent drafting task, (c) additional writing tasks (grammar check and writing an email complaint, pen-on-paper style) and (d) a lunchtime chat with current staff. We were told we'd hear back within a couple of weeks, but myself and another candidate who stayed in touch were still waiting a month later.
The people I met were lovely, but overall I felt that there was very little respect for the candidate's time. Asking for a minimum of eight hour's commitment for a 1 in 7/8 chance of employment is already a little annoying, but the lack of response after promising that we'd hear back in two weeks felt very disrespectful. A shame because, again, the people I met during the recruitment day came across as so kind and welcoming.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Summarise this invention concisely. Why do you want to be a patent attorney. Which office would you prefer to work at.
Fiz uma entrevista na empresa Dehns (Londres, Inglaterra).
Entrevista
- Difficult and highly technical final round
- Earlier rounds were strength and competency based
- All rounds were conducted online
- Final round involved a reading task to prepare for the interview for which the time given was very much insufficient
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
- Describe the workings of a wave generator - but within a complex content that was unfamiliar