Entry Level Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Wayfair with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Entry Level Software Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Entry Level Software Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
IQ intelligence test: 22%
One on one interview: 11%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Wayfair in Jan 2018
Interview
Had a phone screen shortly after applying. Then completed a 1 hour coding challenge by myself. Also sent in a code sample. A week later I had a phone technical interview with an engineer. Asked one coding question and then reviewed some PHP code. One week later I had a final behavioral interview with the head of the department.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an array of integers, put negatives to the left of positives.
I applied through college or university. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Wayfair (Boston, MA) in Oct 2018
Interview
First there is a phone screen with a recruiter, where you walk through your resume, and talk about what you enjoy doing, why WayFair, etc. Do your research on their blog!
Second is one of those timed coding exams, 90 minutes three problems, 1 SQL, 2 DS and algorithms, with the second one being more design focused
Third is the technical phone screen - it's supposed to be an hour.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Bob and Susie are playing rock paper scissors, and Bob wants to find out if he plays the same play every round given what Susie is going to play (a string with "R", "P", and "S" 's), how many points he can get (it's just a string manipulation problem).
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Wayfair in Mar 2018
Interview
4 step process - introductory hr call, coding challenge, tech phone round, program manager behavioral round. The process is standard for this role, and the questions can be found on Glassdoor. Overall, seems simple although I haven’t given my tech round yet.