A recruiter reached out to me online and I applied. I then had a phone interview, which turned into an in-person interview in the Boston office. They arranged my travel and put me up in a nice hotel. The interview was long and I was asked to answer a lot of questions involving identifying typos in product descriptions, a fairly narrow task that was a bit off-putting as they did not bother asking too much about my resume and education. Then, I met with another woman for an Excel test. Though I am not too experienced with Excel, I have basic skills. She was very condescending as she walked me through the test and acted incredulous when I did not know to use the SUMIF function instead of doing it manually. I have an Ivy League degree with many accomplishments and qualifications; however, no effort was put into evaluating my critical thinking skills or management potential. It appears HR is merely looking for someone who checks boxes and is not willing to invest even a couple of days into training someone with strong potential and could easily learn a few Excel shortcuts. Overall, I was very turned off by the almost comically narrow focus of the interview on typos and Excel functions and the lack of getting to know a candidate on any kind of substantive level. Also-- Wayfair recruiters have been contacting me ever since asking me to apply for the same position I was rejected for. It's pretty clear they're not very organized over at HR.

Starting with phone screen with recruiter, then a case study, and lastly a behavioral interview. the recruiter will provide guides for all stages of the interview process. There is also a video provided as an example for the case study interviews.