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%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Background check: 3%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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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.