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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Canada

October 26, 2020

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Had a phone call with the HR person. She sounded very entitled and rude. I guess you can be like that when you are one of the hottest tech companies.

Questions

What do you know about Instacart?

Why do you want to do QA if you don't have experience in QA?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 9 interview experiences for the Instacart Senior Software Engineer role in Canada.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Instacart's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Canada is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive11%

Neutral22%

Negative67%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Instacart's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Canada.

Instacart Work Experiences

really bad

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Some times are good, but now they are really bad.

Cons: There was a bad manager, endless tasks, and no promotion.

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Some times are good, but now they are really bad.

Cons: There was a bad manager, endless tasks, and no promotion.

Good Tools, Friendly Teams, Overwhelmed

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pros: - Good internal tooling - Friendly teams - Good management

Cons: - Too many projects running concurrently - Not enough eng resources - Tech debt

Good Tools, Friendly Teams, Overwhelmed

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pros: - Good internal tooling - Friendly teams - Good management

Cons: - Too many projects running concurrently - Not enough eng resources - Tech debt

Great place, getting better

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

January 12, 2021

Pros: The work is interesting and fulfilling, and we have a great IPO outlook.

Cons: - In the past, management has been opaque, but that has improved greatly over the last year. - There's also pretty clear favoritism with some promotions. - No 401k match

Great place, getting better

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

January 12, 2021

Pros: The work is interesting and fulfilling, and we have a great IPO outlook.

Cons: - In the past, management has been opaque, but that has improved greatly over the last year. - There's also pretty clear favoritism with some promotions. - No 401k match

really bad

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Some times are good, but now they are really bad.

Cons: There was a bad manager, endless tasks, and no promotion.

1.0
really bad
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
April 4, 2026
Pros: Some times are good, but now they are really bad.
Cons: There was a bad manager, endless tasks, and no promotion.

Good Tools, Friendly Teams, Overwhelmed

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pros: - Good internal tooling - Friendly teams - Good management

Cons: - Too many projects running concurrently - Not enough eng resources - Tech debt

4.0
Good Tools, Friendly Teams, Overwhelmed
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 7, 2022
Pros: - Good internal tooling - Friendly teams - Good management
Cons: - Too many projects running concurrently - Not enough eng resources - Tech debt

Great place, getting better

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

January 12, 2021

Pros: The work is interesting and fulfilling, and we have a great IPO outlook.

Cons: - In the past, management has been opaque, but that has improved greatly over the last year. - There's also pretty clear favoritism with some promotions. - No 401k match

4.0
Great place, getting better
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
January 12, 2021
Pros: The work is interesting and fulfilling, and we have a great IPO outlook.
Cons: - In the past, management has been opaque, but that has improved greatly over the last year. - There's also pretty clear favoritism with some promotions. - No 401k match

Instacart Interview Questions

Average Waiting Time

You're given a list of customer arrival and service times. Calculate the average waiting time for all customers, assuming they are served in the order they arrive.

Find First and Last Position of Element in Sorted Array

Given a sorted array, find the first and last position of a given target value. If the target is not found, return [-1, -1].

ArraysBinary Search

Check if Every Row and Column Contains All Numbers

Determine if every row and every column in a given square matrix contains all the numbers from 1 to n, where n is the size of the matrix. Effectively, check if it's a valid Sudoku (without subgrids).

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