Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Wayfair with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Wayfair overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Wayfair as a Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 25%
Presentation: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
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I applied through other source. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Wayfair (Boston, MA) in Jan 2019
Interview
Applied online > coding challenge > phone screen > on-site: behavioral and technical back-to-back.
The coding challenge was three hours and consists of three problems; you are given two hours to complete it.
For the phone screen I had lots of questions prepared that I was asking different employees, and I had lots of reasons why I wanted to work at Wayfair ready.
On-site behavioral was an opportunity for me to ask more about the program and to show I can have a pleasant, fun conversation; they asked me one actual interview question during the 30-40 minutes and it was very upbeat and human.
Finally the on-site technical portion (minutes after behavioral) involved reviewing and explaining code I had written up the previous day. I had been given a JavaScript class and was told to make it be able to do X, Y and Z. The interviewer threw ideas or challenges my way to see how I would approach those problems and what my code was like. Mix of actual coding and pseudo-coding.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
When was a time you worked on a team with someone who wasn't cooperative and how did you respond?
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.