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What do you know about USPTO? What do you think a Design Patent Examiner does? What skills do you think would be required to make you successful at the job? Where do you reside? Do you prefer TW or in-person? And Why? Do you work better in groups or individually? Tell us about your current role. Tell us about a time you experienced a tough situation and what you did to overcome it. Tell us about a time something didn't go as planned. How do you handle stressful situations? Are there any questions you wish we would have asked you?
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Design Patent Examiner

Interviewed at US Patent and Trademark Office

3.2
Jul 7, 2022

What do you know about USPTO? What do you think a Design Patent Examiner does? What skills do you think would be required to make you successful at the job? Where do you reside? Do you prefer TW or in-person? And Why? Do you work better in groups or individually? Tell us about your current role. Tell us about a time you experienced a tough situation and what you did to overcome it. Tell us about a time something didn't go as planned. How do you handle stressful situations? Are there any questions you wish we would have asked you?

Many of the questions posed have been mentioned by others here already, but I was additional asked, "what would be the perfect job for me". A bit of time to think that one through ahead of time would have been nice.
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Design Patent Examiner

Interviewed at US Patent and Trademark Office

3.2
Aug 15, 2013

Many of the questions posed have been mentioned by others here already, but I was additional asked, "what would be the perfect job for me". A bit of time to think that one through ahead of time would have been nice.

The interview seems to be largely scripted and has been fully described in the other comments. There will be plenty of time for the obligatory "what questions do you have for me" to establish a connection with the interviewer and demonstrate how you interact with people over the phone (which is really an important skill for this job).
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Patent Examiner

Interviewed at US Patent and Trademark Office

3.2
Sep 21, 2013

The interview seems to be largely scripted and has been fully described in the other comments. There will be plenty of time for the obligatory "what questions do you have for me" to establish a connection with the interviewer and demonstrate how you interact with people over the phone (which is really an important skill for this job).

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