I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Wayfair (Boston, MA) in Nov 2014
Interview
Interview was two back to back Skype interviews totaling about 2 hours. The first was supposed to be cultural fit and the second technical, but they were both technical basically and required me to write code on the Codepad website where the interviewer could see it. They had me do some simple programs, and when I mentioned I had briefly looked over SQL prior to the interview they asked me to do some stuff with that, and even though I didn't do so great with it they were just looking for basic knowledge and ability to learn.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time you had a lot of trouble making program and what you did to fix it (I couldn't think of a good "story")
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%
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