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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Boston, Massachusetts

February 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Contacted by the recruiter after applying online.

After an initial phone screen, I had a technical phone interview. This included some SQL questions on joins and primary keys, followed by a programming exercise to check if a string is a palindrome and print non-duplicate elements in a given array.

Was called onsite, and the questions were a mix of data structures, ER diagrams, and some web concepts.

Questions

  1. Given an array of duplicate elements, remove duplicates while maintaining the order of elements.

  2. Design a system for the most shared stories on Facebook and design queries to get the top 5 most shared stories in the last 5 minutes.

  3. Design ER diagrams for a parking lot and design queries.

  4. Randomly pick n elements from a given array of m elements.

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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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