I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Wayfair (Boston, MA) in Jul 2016
Interview
Spent about four hours speaking to engineering managers, solving problems, talking shop, etc. One group of two focused on database design and operations, another on object oriented programming, another on web development.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design a parking lot system, using object oriented concepts?
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.