Instacart·Software Engineer

Instacart Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

Toronto, ONPosted Oct 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My path through Instacart felt pretty clear from the start.

I went through a behavioral interview, then system design, then coding, and finally a LeetCode-style medium problem. The order and the format were easy to follow, and I didn’t get the sense that anything was being hidden or sprung on me.

What surprised me was how manageable the system design and coding felt compared to what I expected. The system design conversation wasn’t a grind, and the coding segment also played to common patterns. The LeetCode medium round was more about being comfortable with the usual problem-solving style; once I’d handled the earlier rounds, the later one felt like

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