Instacart interview questions

49 questions30 coding5 system design14 behavioral9 freeUpdated

This is every question in the Instacart guide, in one list: 30 coding problems, 5 system designs and 14 behavioral questions, drawn from what candidates report about Instacart interviews.

Each row shows the round it comes from and links to the lesson that works through it. 9 are free to read in full. The other 40 are Premium, and here you still see their round, difficulty and topic, so you know what you're walking into.

Instacart coding interview questions

30 problems, in the order the guide teaches them. Each lesson gives the full problem, a worked solution and the follow-ups interviewers tend to add.

1Versioned Catalog: Price As Of A TimestampFreeMediumHash Maps & Design
2LRU Cache For Product LookupsFreeMediumHash Maps & Design
3Per-Shopper Rate LimiterFreeMediumHash Maps & Design
4In-Memory Inventory IndexFreeMediumHash Maps & Design
5Bus Route Simulation: Boarding, Capacity, Priority in StagesFreeMediumStaged Simulations
6Worker Time and Payroll Tracker: Clock-In Intervals Folded Into a Pay WindowFreeHardStaged Simulations
7Timestamped Task Manager: Logical Clock Over a Map of TasksFreeMediumStaged Simulations
8Banking Operations: A Ledger You Extend a Method at a TimeFreeMediumStaged Simulations
9Premium medium problemMediumParsing & Decoding
10Premium medium problemMediumParsing & Decoding
11Premium hard problemHardParsing & Decoding
12Premium easy problemEasyParsing & Decoding
13Premium medium problemMediumParsing & Decoding
14Premium easy problemEasyArrays, Strings & Hashing
15Premium medium problemMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
16Premium medium problemMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
17Premium easy problemEasyArrays, Strings & Hashing
18Premium medium problemMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
19Premium medium problemMediumTrees & Graphs
20Premium medium problemMediumTrees & Graphs
21Premium medium problemMediumTrees & Graphs
22Premium medium problemMediumTrees & Graphs
23Premium medium problemMediumTrees & Graphs
24Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Intervals
25Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Intervals
26Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Intervals
27Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Intervals
28Premium medium problemMediumDynamic Programming
29Premium medium problemMediumDynamic Programming
30Premium medium problemMediumDynamic Programming

Instacart system design interview questions

5 designs, each worked end to end in its own lesson, from requirements to the architecture and its trade-offs.

#Question
1Catalog & SearchFree
2Real-Time Inventory (Premium)
3Order Batching & Dispatch (Premium)
4Delivery Tracking & ETA (Premium)
5Order-Status Notifications (Premium)

A lock means the design is named here and its walkthrough is Premium.

Instacart behavioral interview questions

14 questions, grouped by what the interviewer is testing. The lesson explains why each one gets asked and what a strong answer covers.

Why Instacart (3)

All 3 are Premium

End-to-end ownership (3)

All 3 are Premium

Multi-sided customer obsession (2)

All 2 are Premium

Collaboration & candor (3)

All 3 are Premium

Ambiguity & scrappiness (3)

All 3 are Premium

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Premium opens the 40 locked questions on this page, each with the full prompt and a worked answer, and every other lesson in all 100 company guides.

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How many questions are in the Instacart interview guide?

49: 30 coding problems, 5 system designs and 14 behavioral questions. The guide was last updated in November 2026.

Which rounds do these Instacart interview questions come from?

All 30 coding problems come from the coding rounds. The 5 system designs and 14 behavioral questions come from the system design and behavioral rounds. Every row in the list carries its round, so you can start with the one you have booked.

Which Instacart interview questions are free?

9 of the 49 are free to read in full, marked Free in the list. The other 40 come with Premium, which also opens all 100 company guides.