Wayfair Senior Manager interview questions

- standard recruiter phone screen - phone interview - onsite for 6 hours (they didn’t provide me with lunch) - salary was $35k less than my current salary. Their onsite was probably one of the worst I’ve ever had. They don’t seem to realize that at a certain experience level, it’s a two-way interview. That is, interviewees are judging them too. Wayfair seems to act like they’re the best “tech” company in the world, and if you don’t memorize and subscribe to their RECIPE (yes literally a question was about what I know about their recipe) for then you are not qualified. On phone screen I was constantly sold by ex-management consultants about how great their work-life balance is at Wayfair. But at the onsite I was told by an ex-management-consultant “this isn’t the job for everyone, we manage people out for underperformance and it’s very fast paced”. Additionally, an Interviewer was 20min late to a 45min interview. Overall it was just very unprofessional. The next week I interviewed with several other tech companies (albeit in Bay Area and not Boston), it was much more organized and two-way conversations. I’m perplexed by Wayfair’s lack of ability to understand how mid to senior candidates actually have a lot of options and their mentality only works for more junior candidates.

Recruiter reached out to me via LinkedIn, set up a call, and discussed my fit. Then, they handled me to a specific recruiter for Senior Management positions, who discussed the roles open and told me to choose the ones I was interested. I narrowed it down to two, and she arranged a phone interview with Associate Directors of the areas. After the phone interview, I passed to the next round: a case interview over phone. The case was simple and related to logistics/supply chain. After passing the case, I was invited to an onsite interview and they flew me in to Boston and they connected me with another recruiter. I had 6 45-min interviews during the day with a 30 min break for lunch. My overall experience was good and people at Wayfair seem to be very nice. The interviews were around their competency areas (8 divided into 4 interviews; they will tell you before the interview, so don't worry about it now), Leardership, and another case interview. My advice is to rest well the day before because you have to be at your best during the last interview, which I struggled after 5 other interviews. I was just tired. After the interview, I went back home and they communicated their decision via phone after 7 business days. Overall, all the recruiters and people who I talked to were nice, empathetic, and tried to make me have a great candidate experience.