- Was reached out to by a recruiter after applying to one of their roles in Toronto. - Was given an online assessment, passed it. - Was booked for a short meeting to discuss the onsite interviews with a recruiter. - There are 4 onsite interviews. - Behavioural Interview (A bunch of questions you can find in other reviews. The usual questions for L3/L4) - Systems Design (Asked to design a product catalog. Interviewer was cold and did not want to be there. I had to essentially beg for him to give 1 word answers to my questions. Slack was going off) - Data pivoting (Shifting some data around, pretty easy. Interviewer was also not paying attention and his Slack messages were going off.) - DSA (Also easy, but the interviewer didn't understand my solution even though I tried explaining it to him multiple times. I need to get better at explaining my thought process but I think he was fishing for a reason to reject me. Passed all test cases. Asked me if I would bet $10,000 that my solution would pass an additional 10,000 test cases. I said no, so maybe that's why I didn't pass? Next time say yes I guess lol) Result: Rejection with no feedback.

I had a couple of interview rounds with Instacart. Overall, I think it went pretty well, except for one round that didn’t feel as strong. I asked for feedback afterward, but unfortunately they didn’t share any. The system design and algorithm questions were manageable, especially if you’re familiar with LeetCode-style problems. One thing I really appreciated is that they clearly explain what to expect in each interview round ahead of time, which helps a lot with preparation.