I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Wayfair (Bengaluru) in Dec 2023
Interview
There were 3 rounds
1. Hackerrank - had sql and 2 dsa question
2. API Design, given an API had to transform the output into specified formats there were 3 variations. The interview experience was good
3. DB Design - Parking lot. The question was easy I felt that the interviewer was under pressure he randomly blurted out that i was not replacing him and till the end even after all other rounds went well this person kinda made it his life's mission to not let me through. Turns out he was asked to leave a few months after so things were pretty tough for him i guess.
4. System design. Don't remember the exact question but wasn't too difficult. We ended up talking about my opensource contributions and it was a good chat
5. Director round - A bit technical then we dwelled into behavioral round was a nice conversation and was assured a nice workenvironment if i were to join.
5
Other Senior Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Wayfair
HR reached out and scheduled the discussion - discussed the details of the position.
One Online assignment
Scheduled one DSA round. - medium leetcode
System design round discussion - where we discussed the details of the different component of the system
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They always ask the same question from each of the candidates.
I applied online. I interviewed at Wayfair (Toronto, ON) in Aug 2025
Interview
Overall ok but the coding test environment is like a black box that you just can’t debug. If you solve by debugging, you’re doomed. LeetCode won’t really prepare you for this.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Wayfair (Bengaluru) in Apr 2025
Interview
The 1st round was Coding round on Hacker rank, the question was to validate if given set of IP address or not.
The second question was on Task scheduling which was based on hashmap.
Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Wayfair with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 28% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 67 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 Senior Software Engineer according to 67 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 32%
One on one interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 13%
Presentation: 12%
Skills test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 3%
Background check: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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