I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Wayfair (Boston, MA) in Dec 2019
Interview
There is an initial pre-screen by a person reading from a question list. They do not have any expertise or knowledge of work. This person poorly described next steps telling me there would be an interview with hiring manager.
Interview with hiring manager started 10 minutes late. This person said they did not know they had an interview and certainly hadn't prepped. Instead of interview, they simply did a code challenge for which I was not prepared. He was also very rude. I wasn't allowed to ask any questions about the role or company.
Despite newspaper reports that this is an up and coming company to work for, I found them disorganized and unprofessional. I wasn't surprised when they had a mass layoff shortly after I interviewed with them.
I do know I will never apply to work for them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you know how to build an API.
Code challenge was to output various results based on the roll of a die.
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.