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Instacart Agentic AI Engineer Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Instacart Agentic AI Engineer interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated daily.

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Generative AI & LLMsStart here. 5 questions · ~40 min
Fix Confusion in an AI FeatureMedium

Approach user confusion in an LLM feature through diagnosis, prompt and UX changes, and evaluation before broader rollout.

HallucinationPrompt EngineeringLLM EvaluationInstacart
Explain LLMs and Their ApplicationsEasy

Explain what LLMs are, how they work at a high level, and where they are useful in real products.

Language ModelsPrompt EngineeringRAGInstacart
Discuss a GenAI ProjectMedium

Talk through a real generative AI project, focusing on architecture, evaluation, hallucination risk, and how you handled safety issues in practice.

Prompt EngineeringRAGLLM EvaluationInstacart
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System Design6 questions · ~48 min
Agentic Meal Planning SystemHard

Design an agent that creates personalized, constraint-aware meal plans using retrieval, ranking, and grounded tool calls.

factual groundingRetrievalagentic applicationsInstacart
Scalable Design System for AIHard

Design a scalable ML platform for reliable, personalized AI interfaces with retrieval, ranking, serving, evaluation, and safety controls.

agentic systemsFeature StoreFeature DriftInstacart
External Connectors for PlatformsHard

Design reliable, secure connectors that let an agent integrate with diverse third-party platforms.

backend integrationagentic systemsFeature StoreInstacart
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Behavioral & Leadership7 questions · ~56 min
Aligning Cross-Functional Teams Under PressureEasy

Tests cross-functional collaboration, communication, and ownership in driving a project to a concrete outcome.

Stakeholder ManagementCommunicationLeadershipInstacart
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