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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I applied through other source. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Wayfair in Jun 2021
Interview
The recruiter contacted through a career site and discussed my background.Then they set up a phone technical interview.The interview was hosted by a third party interviewing site.Inteview consisted of both system design and coding interview.Loved the depth on the system design questions.They did require a lot of thinking, and I found it harder than the coding interview which was of medium difficulty.Overall despite the outcome I think it was a great opportunity to understand my short comings.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
5 system design questions about making various design choices.The questions were set up in such a way to understand your design experience. 2 coding question both of medium difficulty. Again well described questions.
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.