Instacart·Software Engineer

Instacart Software Engineer interview experience

Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

On my Instacart onsite, it hit me right away how packed the day was.

I ended up doing four rounds total: two technical rounds, one system design round, and then a bar-raiser style interview. I put a lot of effort into the preparation and execution because it wasn’t just one interview—everything felt like it was stacked back-to-back.

The onsite itself was intense because each round demanded a different kind of thinking, and the bar-raiser added another layer of pressure compared to the purely technical discussions. By the end of the day, I felt like I had done the work, but it still didn’t translate into an offer.

What stayed with me was how much effort I had

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