Instacart

Software Engineer II Interview Experience - Toronto, Ontario

July 1, 2025

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

It was a fair interview process. Guided System Design. There were 2 live technical rounds and 1 behavioral round.

All questions were standard and fair. If you are lucky enough to get to this stage, just practice and show up ready.

Standard questions all around.

Questions

Have you influenced any changes into production?

How do you handle conflict?

What is a project you found technically interesting?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Instacart Software Engineer II role in Toronto, Ontario.

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

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Instacart's Software Engineer II interview process in Toronto, Ontario.

Instacart Interview Questions

Average Waiting Time

Medium

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.

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Find First and Last Position of Element in Sorted Array

Medium

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

Easy

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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