Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Boston, Massachusetts
Process
Applied online.
First interview with HR comprised of a standard set of questions.
Second was a technical telephone interview, mostly SQL related and some OO concepts.
Third was an onsite interview which comprised of three interviews of one hour each.
1st: Interview with a senior software engineer and a solution architect. They asked questions related to database design, normalization, and some SQL queries. Some questions were related to web services and XML. Write a program to convert a number to words (quite easy).
2nd: Interview with two senior software engineers. They asked questions related to design patterns and to solve a given problem applying one of them. They asked to write a program which required a recursive function call.
3rd: Interview with the Director. Overall strength and experience check. Questions ranged from troubleshooting a web page load problem to database explain plans.
The process took two weeks.
Questions
Nothing was unusual. All the questions and answers using the whiteboard reflected the collaborative culture of the company.
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Wayfair Work Experiences
- 3.0Good Place, Better PaySenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesFebruary 9, 2021Pros: A great place to work.Cons: Can get better with salary & bonuses.
- 2.0Every engineer for themselvesSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAugust 25, 2022Pros: Decent pay, stock was valuable during peak pandemic.Cons: Within the engineering teams I was a part of, there was little work to be done to set oneself apart (despite everything being on fire), and everyone was trying to get ahead career-wise. This led to a pretty cutthroat and toxic atmosphere. I would advise a new hire to try and figure out who in the organization was going to succeed politically and attach themselves to them. No one can really actually perform well, so it's about who you know.
- 1.0Light Work, No DirectionSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesMay 29, 2023Pros: There was a very light workload.Cons: I do not recommend working at Wayfair. I was on the iOS dev team, and there was little oversight.
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