I applied online. I interviewed at Wayfair (Boston, MA) in Nov 2020
Interview
Interview process: recruiter call, technical case study, on-site interview over two days consisting of 2 case studies, live coding (python), and 1 behavioral round. I appreciate that the topic of the technical case study (product matching at Wayfair) was communicated to me by the recruiter in advance so I had time to prepare (by reading the Wayfair DS blog for instance). However, the rest of the interview process was quite disorganized. After each step, the recruiter said they would get back to me within 48 hours with the next scheduled interview, but it always took 4-5 days instead. They also said the on-site interviews would consist of 1 coding, 1 case study, and two behavioral rounds, but it turned out to be 1 coding, 2 case studies, and 1 behavioral round. After the on-site, it took 2 weeks to get the results (with essentially no feedback).
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Use cases for product matching at Wayfair, what data would you use, what model would you build, what metrics would you use to assess model performance, how to scale model training for large amounts of data
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Wayfair (Boston, MA) in Aug 2025
Interview
105min OA and then a phone screen, OA consists of 1 SQL + 1 Python data manipulation question + 1 analysis insights open-ended question. Phone screen mostly went over your exp. and technical BQ
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Wayfair (Toronto, ON) in May 2025
Interview
Starts with a take home assessment in hackerrank without even speaking to the recruiter, which takes 4 hours.
After recruiter call, data case study interview for pricing analysis
Then final round with a ab testing case study and behavioral interview.
Recruiter ghosted me after the final interview, not worth it being treated so poorly after so much effort
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Pricing case study and behavioral interview related to project deep dive
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Wayfair (Boston, MA) in Jun 2021
Interview
Approached by an external recruiter, who then connected me to a fantastic internal recruiter. The whole process was very transparent and smooth. The recruiter always gave me a heads up about what to expect next.
