I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Wayfair
Interview
Applied at a campus career fair, they then asked us to apply again online.
Two interviews - one that was mostly behavioural and one that was mostly technical. I got two very technical people, though - so even the behavioural one wanted to talk about backend technologies and my thoughts on frameworks/etc. They haven't replied back to me, but I have friends who have done second rounds with them, so my guess is that they don't contact you back unless they like you.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you keep any to-do lists/how do you keep track of your tasks?
Walk me through your process when you start a project
What is your view on frameworks such as codeigniter/cakephp?
passed initial screening, was given a game home hackerrank interview assessment that was similar to a leetcode mediums. very specific set of problem I was not able to answer. I was then ghosted by the company without a formal rejection.
I applied online. I interviewed at Wayfair in Mar 2026
Interview
there are 3 rounds:
1 leetcode online assessment round
1 recruiter call round ask about back ground and personal information
1 hour long technical VO round
1 30 min long manager BQ round
3 Interviews. One automated leet code style interview. The next was a technical interview. The final was a personality interview. All interviews went well and were quite positive but was ghosted after the final one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard leet code style algorithms that you passed based on speed.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Wayfair with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 54% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 188 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Wayfair overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Wayfair as a Software Engineer according to 188 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
One on one interview: 17%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 11%
Group panel interview: 8%
Personality test: 3%
Background check: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -