Wayfair

Front End Developer Interview Experience - Berlin, Germany

October 1, 2016

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

A three-stage process:

Phone screening: Went well, asked a few questions, good experience.
Skype interview: Included a Codepen test; friendly and helpful.
On-site interview: Involved two tests: one with interviewers in the office and another over Skype with IT heads from Boston.

Quite a thorough experience. Although I didn't get the job, it was a very high-standard process from which I learned a lot.

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Wayfair's interview process for their Front End Developer roles in Berlin, Germany is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Wayfair's Front End Developer interview process in Berlin, Germany.

Wayfair Work Experiences

Very toxic working environment

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

September 24, 2020

Pros: Good stocks plan. This is actually the only argument they use to try to convince people to stay in the company. Good work-life balance.

Cons: It has an old code with a collection of bad practices. Test coverage, for example, is less than 1%. The code quality will change significantly depending on the department you work at, and so will the culture. A team's responsibility will change all the time, and projects get canceled in the middle of development without explanation. Engineers spend weeks or months on investigations that go nowhere. Communication between teams is poor and almost non-existent between engineering departments. I know a project that was canceled after 6 months of development because managers/directors didn't know they had two teams in the same department working on different solutions for the same problem. The review system became a tool for bad managers to threaten engineers and ensure they don't get negative reviews. Many of the managers are engineers who chose an easy way to get promoted. They lack the proper skillset; many can't communicate properly and don't know how to deal with people (especially with the opposite sex). This has a direct impact on the performance of everybody below them. The company does nothing to solve the constant sexism in the workplace. There are people with multiple reports of sexual harassment, but nothing is done about it. Directors tell you that you should try to solve the problems or at least communicate them, but anyone who raises problems gets punished. They try to sell the idea of a "cool startup workplace," but it's a hard corporate environment where politics is more important than production. It is a place where lies and sabotage are common.

Very toxic working environment

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

September 24, 2020

Pros: Good stocks plan. This is actually the only argument they use to try to convince people to stay in the company. Good work-life balance.

Cons: It has an old code with a collection of bad practices. Test coverage, for example, is less than 1%. The code quality will change significantly depending on the department you work at, and so will the culture. A team's responsibility will change all the time, and projects get canceled in the middle of development without explanation. Engineers spend weeks or months on investigations that go nowhere. Communication between teams is poor and almost non-existent between engineering departments. I know a project that was canceled after 6 months of development because managers/directors didn't know they had two teams in the same department working on different solutions for the same problem. The review system became a tool for bad managers to threaten engineers and ensure they don't get negative reviews. Many of the managers are engineers who chose an easy way to get promoted. They lack the proper skillset; many can't communicate properly and don't know how to deal with people (especially with the opposite sex). This has a direct impact on the performance of everybody below them. The company does nothing to solve the constant sexism in the workplace. There are people with multiple reports of sexual harassment, but nothing is done about it. Directors tell you that you should try to solve the problems or at least communicate them, but anyone who raises problems gets punished. They try to sell the idea of a "cool startup workplace," but it's a hard corporate environment where politics is more important than production. It is a place where lies and sabotage are common.

Good money, bad culture

Staff Data Engineer • Former Employee

Berlin, Germany

Pros: High total compensation. Depending on your luck, you may end up in a team with nice colleagues.

Cons: Layoffs became a normal thing. The sentiment towards the company is negative, and with that being all employees talk about, it's easy to fall into that spiral of negativity.

Good money, bad culture

Staff Data Engineer • Former Employee

Berlin, Germany

Pros: High total compensation. Depending on your luck, you may end up in a team with nice colleagues.

Cons: Layoffs became a normal thing. The sentiment towards the company is negative, and with that being all employees talk about, it's easy to fall into that spiral of negativity.

Good Balance, Bad Managers

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Pros: International environment, work-life balance.

Cons: Hiring: Some middle-level managers should never be hired as people managers.

Good Balance, Bad Managers

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Pros: International environment, work-life balance.

Cons: Hiring: Some middle-level managers should never be hired as people managers.

Very toxic working environment

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

September 24, 2020

Pros: Good stocks plan. This is actually the only argument they use to try to convince people to stay in the company. Good work-life balance.

Cons: It has an old code with a collection of bad practices. Test coverage, for example, is less than 1%. The code quality will change significantly depending on the department you work at, and so will the culture. A team's responsibility will change all the time, and projects get canceled in the middle of development without explanation. Engineers spend weeks or months on investigations that go nowhere. Communication between teams is poor and almost non-existent between engineering departments. I know a project that was canceled after 6 months of development because managers/directors didn't know they had two teams in the same department working on different solutions for the same problem. The review system became a tool for bad managers to threaten engineers and ensure they don't get negative reviews. Many of the managers are engineers who chose an easy way to get promoted. They lack the proper skillset; many can't communicate properly and don't know how to deal with people (especially with the opposite sex). This has a direct impact on the performance of everybody below them. The company does nothing to solve the constant sexism in the workplace. There are people with multiple reports of sexual harassment, but nothing is done about it. Directors tell you that you should try to solve the problems or at least communicate them, but anyone who raises problems gets punished. They try to sell the idea of a "cool startup workplace," but it's a hard corporate environment where politics is more important than production. It is a place where lies and sabotage are common.

1.0
Very toxic working environment
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
September 24, 2020
Pros: Good stocks plan. This is actually the only argument they use to try to convince people to stay in the company. Good work-life balance.
Cons: It has an old code with a collection of bad practices. Test coverage, for example, is less than 1%. The code quality will change significantly depending on the department you work at, and so will the culture. A team's responsibility will change all the time, and projects get canceled in the middle of development without explanation. Engineers spend weeks or months on investigations that go nowhere. Communication between teams is poor and almost non-existent between engineering departments. I know a project that was canceled after 6 months of development because managers/directors didn't know they had two teams in the same department working on different solutions for the same problem. The review system became a tool for bad managers to threaten engineers and ensure they don't get negative reviews. Many of the managers are engineers who chose an easy way to get promoted. They lack the proper skillset; many can't communicate properly and don't know how to deal with people (especially with the opposite sex). This has a direct impact on the performance of everybody below them. The company does nothing to solve the constant sexism in the workplace. There are people with multiple reports of sexual harassment, but nothing is done about it. Directors tell you that you should try to solve the problems or at least communicate them, but anyone who raises problems gets punished. They try to sell the idea of a "cool startup workplace," but it's a hard corporate environment where politics is more important than production. It is a place where lies and sabotage are common.

Good money, bad culture

Staff Data Engineer • Former Employee

Berlin, Germany

Pros: High total compensation. Depending on your luck, you may end up in a team with nice colleagues.

Cons: Layoffs became a normal thing. The sentiment towards the company is negative, and with that being all employees talk about, it's easy to fall into that spiral of negativity.

3.0
Good money, bad culture
Staff Data Engineer • Former Employee
Berlin, Germany
June 15, 2024
Pros: High total compensation. Depending on your luck, you may end up in a team with nice colleagues.
Cons: Layoffs became a normal thing. The sentiment towards the company is negative, and with that being all employees talk about, it's easy to fall into that spiral of negativity.

Good Balance, Bad Managers

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Pros: International environment, work-life balance.

Cons: Hiring: Some middle-level managers should never be hired as people managers.

4.0
Good Balance, Bad Managers
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
March 19, 2021
Pros: International environment, work-life balance.
Cons: Hiring: Some middle-level managers should never be hired as people managers.

Wayfair Interview Questions

Maximum Product Subarray

Find the contiguous subarray within a given array of numbers which has the largest product. The array can contain negative numbers, so you need to account for both maximum and minimum values.

ArraysDynamic Programming

Largest Magic Square

Find the largest magic square within a given matrix. A magic square has equal sums across rows, columns, and both diagonals.

Minimum Moves to Reach Target Score

You're given a starting score and a target score. Determine the minimum number of moves (either incrementing or doubling your score) to reach the target.

Greedy Algorithms

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