Data Engineer Interview Experience - United States
Process
They will ghost you.
There were two HackerRank challenges and a call with the hiring manager. The challenges were not difficult, and the call with the manager delved into your background and experience. After the call, they totally ghosted me. I reached out to them, and they will straight up ignore you.
Questions
Some SQL questions and writing a script for formatting data in a text file.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 5 interview experiences for the Instacart Data Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
Instacart's interview process for their Data Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Instacart's Data Engineer interview process in United States.
Instacart Work Experiences
- 4.0-Software Developer • Former EmployeeTorontoDecember 2, 2025Pros: Great developers, strong team collaborationCons: Bad communication management - employee
- 3.0Growing, pays well but engineering has problemsSoftware Engineer-II • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, CANovember 27, 2025Pros: - good pay and good benefitsCons: - low developer happiness - old tech and slow tools - high and unreasonable expectations - everything is p0
- 4.0wlb is good.Software Engineer • Current EmployeeOttawa, ONNovember 23, 2025Pros: wlb is good. Benefits are good.Cons: boring job, worry about layoffs.
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