I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Wayfair
Interview
There are 3 rounds, first is a SQL coding test, second round consists of a live coding exercise and a critical thinking exercise and the final round has behavioral and case based questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Critical thinking exercise from their day-to-day experience as a Data Solutions Engineer
OA assessment, After that video interview with live coding. Technical questions, Behavioral questions Live coding contains SQL
After this round you'll discuss your solutions from OA round with the interviewer
They might ask for a more optimized solution
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Wayfair (Boston, MA) in May 2021
Interview
Interview
Three Rounds
1. Online Test 2 SQL Questions 120 min
2. Technical Round with Live Coding
3. Home Assignment Review, Technical Round, and Behavioral Round 3 Hours
Interview Questions
Why Do you want to work at wayfair?
Round 1: OA (SQL)
Round 2: Coding Question (SQL) + Case study
Round 3: 3 sub-rounds -> Pre-given Homework question interview, Case question (SQL), Behavioral
The interviewers were nice and friendly.
Data Solutions Engineer Coop applicants have rated the interview process at Wayfair with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Solutions Engineer Coop roles take an average of 41 days to get hired, when considering 5 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 Data Solutions Engineer Coop according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Presentation: 23%
Group panel interview: 23%
Drug test: 8%
Background check: 8%
Phone interview: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
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