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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Boston, Massachusetts

August 1, 2018
Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

The process took about 3 weeks.

It involved a phone call with the recruiter, a technical phone call, and then on-site loop interviews.

They paid for the flight and hotel, but only for one day. This was the case even if the flight was 5-6 hours long and involved a 3-hour time difference.

Questions

DB Schema for DVD/Blu-Ray rental

Design a TinyURL system

Design an Automated Parking Lot

Behavioral and business questions

Phone pad problem (except 0): Combinations with a chess piece returning a list of numbers of a specific length. Example: Starting point 1, Chess piece Knight, length 3: return {181, 183, 161, 167}

PHP TDD Development

Implement a function that returns a sum of all multiples of N in an array. Instead of multiples of N, multiples of any other number in a different array.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 26 interview experiences for the Wayfair Senior Software Engineer role in Boston, Massachusetts.

Success Rate

8%
Pass Rate

Wayfair's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Boston, Massachusetts is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive38%
Neutral12%
Negative50%

Candidates reported having negative feelings for Wayfair's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Boston, Massachusetts.

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