Was recruited for months and upon passing the bar exam, I was dropped. Quite disappointing and sudden with no advance notice. The process was quite simple with a phone interview with an associate, later on it was indicated that the technology field was no longer being offered and basically goodluck in your job search. Just a very odd situation but found a much better position and people at a much bigger newyork firm so I'm ultimately glad that it didn't work out, I would have missed out on another opportunity and ended miserable there

The HR called first to schedule a phone interview with a guy from the medical device group. Two days later, the attorney called me for the phone interview, which last about 20-30 mins. We started with some general questions, like why you wanna do this, why interested in a patent agent job. Then, the interviewer asked a lot about my research background, basically was checking if I have the required experience in mechanical engineering, optics, electronics.