I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Wayfair
Interview
Professional and pleasant. Everyone took time to introduce themselves and make a connection. There were the standard system design and algorithmic questions but those were balanced with discussions about non-programming elements of being a successful software engineer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a method to solve a maze represented as an array.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Wayfair (Berlín) in Feb 2017
Interview
First chat with HR with normal questions and then two rounds techinal interviews with two of the senior developers. It was through Skype and an online editor. The process was with respect and everything on time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Quesrions were about algorithms, time complexity and PHP functions in details. I didn't find the questions really helpful because in daily work if you intend to find about the function details you spend time and find it. What matters most in my opinion is the mindset and experience of a developer. Any developers can find some details and ask it from another devloper who is not aware of the details and then mark the developer as not qualified. Interviewers also admited that these details in daily work is not that much important but they said they had to ask these questions and ask for solutions.
I applied online. I interviewed at Wayfair (Berlín) in Sep 2017
Interview
I applied online, a recruiter contacted me afterward and I did a phone interview, two skype technical interviews and then I was invited for an onsite interview. The interviewers are very understanding, helpful, and genuinely interested in getting to know you and understand where you come from, It's a whiteboard interview however the questions are actually relative to real work experience not just imaginary text book algorithm questions.
The Berlin office where I did the onsite interview has an open floor space which is not my cup of tea but I guess people there love it and the team members I met is a diverse nice group of people.