Instacart interview notes, page 5 of 13

“Seemed simple enough at first.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Instacart, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I spent the first few minutes just restating the problem back, which was probably annoying.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Instacart, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one sprawled in a way I didn't expect.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Instacart, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is where I underestimated the depth they wanted.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Instacart, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The basic case felt fine until I realized I needed to actually handle precedence correctly, not just left-to-right.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Instacart, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The basic CRUD part was fine.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Instacart, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started by segmenting users because retention means different things for a first-time customer versus someone who orders weekly.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Instacart, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is a sprawling question and I underestimated how many directions it could go.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Instacart, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The XOR part clicked fast, the boundary condition less so.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Instacart, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went with TreeMap immediately and it felt right.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Instacart, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.