The hiring process at Mewburn Ellis takes an average of 29 days when considering 2 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Trainee Patent Attorney had the quickest hiring process (on average 29 days), whereas Trainee Patent Attorney roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 29 days).
The interview process started with an application and then I inverviewed with two partners over Teams. The interview process was challenging with some technical and non technical questions, but the partners were really friendly.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Mewburn Ellis (London, England) in Dec 2024
Interview
Two stages of interviews. First stage gave a patent of an invention a few days before the interview, then asked you questions about it during. Second stage delivered you a mystery object to figure out what its function was. Both asked the expected motivation and CV questions
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Mewburn Ellis (Bristol, England) in Nov 2024
Interview
The interview process involved two online interview stages, featuring a discussion about previous work/research, an oral presentation on a recent invention, reviewing a patent document for discussion in the interview, and multiple other descriptive tasks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Discuss an invention of the 21st Century, at the level of a school leaver, for no longer than five minutes.