Watson Farley & Williams Forum

[Anonymous User]

WFW posted a job on my career services website for a 3L position. I interviewed but never heard back. Has anyone else had any experience with the firm?

[Anonymous User]

i am very familiar with them. very international focus. I think theyre NY office is very small and not that well known except in the maritime space. I think they are trying to change that though and trying to grow the other practice groups. I think they just moved up to 160 salary scale. I know billables in that office are very low

[Anonymous User]

i am very familiar with them. very international focus. I think theyre NY office is very small and not that well known except in the maritime space. I think they are trying to change that though and trying to grow the other practice groups. I think they just moved up to 160 salary scale. I know billables in that office are very low

Thanks! Appreciate it.

[Anonymous User]

Any word on people who interviewed?

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone else interviewed with WFW?

[Anonymous User]

I interviewed last year for 3L OCI
Word of warning: these guys are slow af and from my experience, it seems like they won't give you your rejection until they know for a fact the position is filled. This means you won't hear back for a while.

Also, I do know someone who had a CB (last year). Took a couple weeks for the CB call, a couple weeks for the actual interview, then a couple weeks to hear back (i don't remember if he/she got an offer). I do remember I got rejected well after this person told me about their callback interview.

I was obviously pissed that they strung me along so long (which is why I remember this).

[Anonymous User]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but they came to my schools OCI this year for 3Ls about a month ago. Anyone have a callback with them? Anyone have any other intel on them?

[Anonymous User]

i had a callback at their NY office end of september, got an offer a few days before halloween. have not accepted yet, i am trying to find as much info on them as i can, but the above information is correct, i know they are now expanding out of just maritime they do an array of work in the NY office

[Anonymous User]

I too had a callback with them in late September and just received my ding yesterday. Congrats to the poster that received an offer. Do you go to Tulane? That's where I go and they came to our OCI. If you do, and want to post from a throwaway I would be happy to PM you and talk at school as I did a TON of research on them.

[Anonymous User]

I'm likely going to WFW next year. Let me know if you are too and we can find a method of communication.

[Anonymous User]

Curious, what was the starting salary with these guys?

[Anonymous User]

A friend of mine interviewed here. I didn't ask about salary, but I believe it is market or close to. I do know that while they're growing, their hiring is strategic. It has been about 1-2 entry-level hires per year.