Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Seward & Kissel as 53.9% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.69 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Associate and Associate Attorney rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for 2L Summer Associate and Legal Assistant roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Seward & Kissel takes an average of 13 days when considering 13 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 Associate had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Legal Assistant roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 30 days).
I applied online. I interviewed at Seward & Kissel
Interview
Spoke with a recruiter. As others have mentioned, interviewer could not seem to be bothered. They were dry and not very friendly. Interview itself was very quick and simple. Interviewer then asked what my upcoming schedule looked like and said to keep an eye out for emails regarding callbacks. They proceeded to send me multiple emails declining an offer. Additionally, emails contained errors and mentioned it was for a summer program dating a few years back, which seemed odd and unprofessional to me.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Seward & Kissel (New York, NY) in Aug 2023
Interview
Pretty good, they tried to get a good gauge on how I did with my previous company. They were not too technical but do go into situation and ask how would you solve. They did ask about networking and server backend question and try to understand if you know the basic troubleshooting steps when it comes to it.
I applied online. I interviewed at Seward & Kissel (New York, NY)
Interview
How's law school going/ why Seward? The firm is midsized, so they want to make sure you'll choose them over other firms. First with recruiters, and then partners/associates. Cold emailing an attorney helps a lot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Seward? What are you interested in practicing?