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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Boston, Massachusetts

April 1, 2015
Neutral ExperienceGot Offer

Process

This was probably the quickest interview I have ever appeared for a full-time Software Engineer position at any company. This position is for the Wayfair Labs department.

It involved mainly two rounds and one coding challenge:

  1. HR Round: This was simple enough, with questions including a basic SQL query and other topics.
  2. Coding Challenge: This was straightforward if you have strong coding skills. You would be given a day to complete it.
  3. Hiring Manager Interview: This was a phone interview where the manager asked three questions, one of which was related to the coding challenge previously attempted.

I received the offer the next day. Overall, the process took about two weeks.

Questions

  1. Maximum subarray problem

  2. Problem similar to Dutch National Flags

  3. Another to find a number that appears exactly once in an array

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 68 interview experiences for the Wayfair Software Engineer role in Boston, Massachusetts.

Success Rate

44%
Pass Rate

Wayfair's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Boston, Massachusetts is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive60%
Neutral24%
Negative16%

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

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