I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Brown, LLC (Jersey City, NJ) in Feb 2015
Interview
You are greeted by the receptionist and they ask you for your name. Then they kindly ask you to fill out a form. Once that is completed, they notify the senior attorney and hand him the form. When he is ready, he calls you in for an interview. While you are waiting in the waiting area, the girls at the front are very kind and they start to talk to you about your work experience and they make you feel very comfortable. Once you have the interview, the senior attorney is very kind. He is a former FBI agent so at first it's intimidating, but you can tell he is a very noble person who truly cares. The content of the interview is very professional and straight forward. At an interview, you need to be prepared for anything. Once your are hired, you are greeted by the office manager via telephone or email and she is very nice and she will help get you set up.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Brown, LLC in Dec 2014
Interview
Arrived for interview, was asked to first fill out form with questions and references. Was not told about this in advance. One of the questions was: "What is your favorite movie, and why ?"
Asked if I could handle telephone intake of prospective clients. This was NOT part of the jib description. Either they don't know what they wanted or they were playing games.
Thank you for applying with our firm. I'm not sure why you feel the interview process was not positive from your experience. I read your criticisms and not sure why you think it's unfair to ask a candidate while at the office to fill out a few questions and provide references. If you didn't have references to provide on the spot we always allow people to supplement. It is also not uncommon to ask a candidate their skillset in a wide variety of skills, so I'm uncertain why you think asking a potential administrative assistant if they can conduct a telephone intake is not appropriate. In any event, we wish you success.