I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Wayfair (Berlin) in Nov 2019
Interview
omg they started with Recruiter call, which was smooth bit they suprised me with karat, a 3rd party video call interview to test you basic skill.
I already read about it and it happened.
Karat interviewer was extremely rude and like a robot. Made sure to not all provide any hint and keep on rushing to go for next questions, seems like they had some target to try questions.
The role was above senior se role but this kind of interview was not logical and it literally wasted my time.
Thats the only round I gave and got rejected.
Just a suggestion, if its karat, better prepare for Data structure interview with robots & assume and SQL as well or just save your time.
If you solve one, they will add more n more n more.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Graph Based Question
Array Manipulation
JOIN based SQL
Self Join SQL
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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