Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Keltie as 66.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.33 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Trainee Patent Attorney and Marketing Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Trainee Patent Attorney and Marketing Manager roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Keltie takes an average of 14 days when considering 3 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Trainee Patent Attorney had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Trainee Patent Attorney roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 14 days).
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Keltie (London, England) in Oct 2025
Interview
There were two stages, one was a virtual interview and the second was in person at their lovely offices.
The interviewing panel were very friendly and professional. They listened attentively to my presentation and asked questions.
Quite a straight forward interview process for this type of role and consisted of these stages: Initial HR phone call Initial interview video call Technical interview Partner interview I got to the initial interview video call and it was a good interview with the interviewer making the process very comfortable and easy going. It was mainly a conversation about previous experience and why you wanted to join the patent profession
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Keltie (London, England) in Feb 2022
Interview
The process consisted of a 15 minute letter review, a 30 minute patent claim draft, and an hour long interview with a panel of two partners. This experience was similar to other interviews for this job.