30 min initial call with internal recruiter Live coding session (1 hour) After passing the coding session, I was offered to come on-site for a technical challenge, white boarding session, and some round robin interviews. I was also given the option to do the challenge at home first. I selected the latter and chose the front end option. One question was to implement toaster notifications and the second to complete a game (both questions give you starter code with compiling/live reload). After submitting the challenge, I was told I will not be moving forward. The recruiter said the toaster app looked good but my game was not playable. I took a quick look at the game and noticed an error with the key binding behavior. In about 5 mins, I sent her the updated code and got back: "Just spoke to the engineer who reviewed your challenge. He said that this does indeed address his concerns and if this is what you shipped initially, then you'd be moving forward to the onsite interview. Unfortunately, our answer remains the same. That being said, I think it'd be great if we could stay in touch for future opportunities!" My advice is to consider doing the challenge on-site. The recruiter indicated that on-site you would have access to an engineer. In my case, I could have received the appropriate feedback and adjusted the game code before shipment. My advice to Instacart would be to standardize the interview process.