Process
The interview process included a phone screening and a code test, which covered understanding of background and experience. This is an open job position at Wayfair, with a generic interview process overall. The code test was fairly easy, and it was great to talk to the interviewer.
Questions
Sample code for sorting an array and explaining a piece of code
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 55 interview experiences for the Wayfair Senior Software Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
11%
Pass Rate
Wayfair's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive29%
Neutral16%
Negative55%
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Wayfair's Senior Software Engineer interview process in United States.
Wayfair Work Experiences
5.0
Nice Team, Easy Work
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
September 27, 2022
Pros: Great team. Everybody is nice. No politics. Good WLB.
Cons: Not much challenging work. The project scope is small.
3.0
A regular company
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Berlin, Germany
September 3, 2018
Pros: Shares
Flat hierarchy
Flexible working hours
Big company
Location
Cons: Codebase
Deployment process
Dev machines
Too many meetings
Tech stack
2.0
You can learn a lot in less time, but with burnout
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
December 5, 2021
Pros: - Great pay, way above market rate.
- Good snacks and budget for monthly team events.
- Free platforms to help with learning.
- In the engineering department I was in, the leadership did care about people.
Cons: - Very stressful and expectations are over the roof.
- Responsibilities of various roles such as operational engineer, DevOps, database engineer, infrastructure engineer, and test engineer are all expected from an application engineer.
- Quite bureaucratic, and if you are not comfortable vocalizing opinions in large groups, then it gets challenging to survive.
- Very heavy focus on visibility and over-communicating.
- Less internal mobility options in engineering, as high experience in every role is expected.
- 5.0Nice Team, Easy WorkSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSeptember 27, 2022Pros: Great team. Everybody is nice. No politics. Good WLB.Cons: Not much challenging work. The project scope is small.
- 3.0A regular companySenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeBerlin, GermanySeptember 3, 2018Pros: Shares Flat hierarchy Flexible working hours Big company LocationCons: Codebase Deployment process Dev machines Too many meetings Tech stack
- 2.0You can learn a lot in less time, but with burnoutSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeDecember 5, 2021Pros: - Great pay, way above market rate. - Good snacks and budget for monthly team events. - Free platforms to help with learning. - In the engineering department I was in, the leadership did care about people.Cons: - Very stressful and expectations are over the roof. - Responsibilities of various roles such as operational engineer, DevOps, database engineer, infrastructure engineer, and test engineer are all expected from an application engineer. - Quite bureaucratic, and if you are not comfortable vocalizing opinions in large groups, then it gets challenging to survive. - Very heavy focus on visibility and over-communicating. - Less internal mobility options in engineering, as high experience in every role is expected.
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