Instacart interview questions
Updated May 29, 2026Difficulty
Easy
Experience
Mixed
How others got an interview
- 11%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 11%RecruiterRecruiter
- 2%OtherOther
- 2%In PersonIn Person
- 2%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 0%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
Interview search
803 interviews
Instacart interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Instacart as 42.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.97 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Business Intelligence Manager and Software Developer In Test II rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Delivery and Courier Driver roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Instacart takes an average of 22 days when considering 96 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer Core Experience had the quickest hiring process (on average 2 days), whereas Personal Shopper roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 60 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Instacart according to 96 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 16%
Presentation: 11%
Group panel interview: 11%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 4%
Other: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Drug test: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Personal Shopper(1297) ;
- Full Service Shopper(1154) ;
- In Store Shopper(528) ;
- Instacart Full Service Shopper(161) ;
- Independent Contractor(114) ;
- Driver(112) ;
- Delivery Driver(109) ;
- Customer Service Representative(53) ;
- Shift Lead(52) ;
- Senior Software Engineer(49) ;
- In-store Shopper(44) ;
- Software Engineer(42) ;
- Shopper and Driver(37) ;
- Site Manager(35) ;
- Full Time Shopper(32) .
