Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Wayfair with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 36% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Wayfair overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Wayfair as a Software Engineer according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
One on one interview: 27%
Personality test: 7%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Wayfair (Boston, MA) in Jan 2022
Interview
Got approached on Linkedin and set up a phone call. Just want to learn about my background. It was a great chat though. Not much about technical questions, but learning about BQs.
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.