Wayfair Product Manager interview questions

Overall, it was a pretty average interview process. If anything, it was drawn out because of the multiple phone calls needed. I was required to speaking with the recruiter before and after speaking with the hiring manager. PM Case Study was pretty average. Good mix of quantitative and qualitative assessment. I fudged some numbers because of a calculation error and the hiring manager was quite understanding.

Recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn about a senior product manager role with direct reports. I did a phone screen with her and then with a randomly-selected senior product manager. From there I was invited to come on-site. They flew me to Boston and all the logistics were well taken-care of. Their offices are in a nice shopping mall and I’m sure working there is super-convenient. I met with some people in pairs and others by themselves. There were several case interviews with a whiteboard provided for arithmetic calculations and showing your thinking. Cases focused on the problem space Wayfair works in, and were not just random “# of golf balls in an airplane”-type questions. Lunch was not provided as part of the interview, which I thought was a little disappointing given how most big techy companies run things these days. They ultimately came back to me saying I didn’t meet the criteria to be a people manager, but that I could proceed as an IC. However, the role paid about $35k less, so I declined. Equity is not huge and didn’t really help sweeten the deal.