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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

January 1, 2019
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was reached out to by a recruiter via email, and we had an initial phone conversation.

After passing that, I was informed the next step would be a remote pairing interview.

During the pairing interview, I was given an application and told to implement a given set of features within one hour. This wasn't so much a pairing interview as it was someone partly watching my screen as I implemented my solution.

After completing this, I was flown out onsite.

The onsite day was from 9:45 AM to 2:30 PM and was full of mostly culture fit and some technical interviews. The final technical interview was a two-hour pairing interview. The interviewer had been out of the room the majority of the time until the interview time was over.

Questions

Implement a given set of features for an application.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Instacart Senior Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

17%
Pass Rate

Instacart's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral0%
Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Instacart's Senior Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

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