I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Wayfair (Berlin) in Jul 2021
Interview
This is the most shocking and the most terrible experience I have had during my job search by far.
Phone interview followed online coding test followed by interview with the manager and a panel that lasts more than 2 hours.
I cannot think of anything negative that happened. Even the manager told me that it is not expected for someone like me with my qualifications to remain unemployed for more than 6 months. Well, guess what? It is because of people like you.
I got a rejection mail while I was looking online planning to move to Berlin waiting for an obvious offer.
How can I suggest anyone to apply knowing what they will go through? Interviewing for several days, severals hours just to have your dreams crushed! That's right! I do not!
There has to be another reason for this. I leave it to your imagination.
I will talk to a recruiter for feedback next week.
Edit: Just got off the phone with the recruiter. She explained the reason for the rejection: Apparently, I have good analytical and critical thinking skills but failed to communicate and explain examples. Her exact words. So I can explain myself when we talk about a problem which requires analytical skills but I cannot explain examples. Makes sense.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Manhattan distance. Simple Python coding questions with pandas.
I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Wayfair (Boston, MA) in Mar 2019
Interview
The interview was performed on-site and involved a case interview, a behavioral interview, a coding interview, and a formulation interview. Each interview was conducted by a different employee from the department.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Suppose I have two warehouses on the east and west coast of the US from which I can ship merchandise, and suppose I want to ship a product to a customer from one of the warehouses. Normally, we would ship the product from the warehouse that is closer to the customer, but what are some other considerations that may influence the decision of which warehouse to ship from?