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If no patents/published applications naming the candidate are found, don't ask the question. We can’t possibly be conducting the same kinds of interviews with
by raganwald 15y ago
If no patents/published applications naming the candidate are found, don't ask the question.
We can’t possibly be conducting the same kinds of interviews with the same kinds of candidates. Or possibly you are talking a very narrow view of the word “invention.” Or you work in a phenomenally litigious sector.
For my purposes, “Describe a technical problem you encountered at XYZCorp and how you solved it” is a standard interviewing question. I suspect that if you don’t allow the question I posed in this blog post, you wouldn’t allow this one either.
- KennethLStein 15y agosearch for patents and published applications at: http://appft1.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.html http://appft1.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.html http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.htm http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.htm the query to use is: in/lastname-firstname If you don't find any references, then asking the candidate to describe a technical problem and means by which they solved it is less likely to be received as a request for confidential information. Hope you find the above links and search query useful! Best.