Instacart Manager Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 16 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Instacart.
Instacart
Manager
Manager Average Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Onsite Background check Offer
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
The interview process started off well and moved quickly, leaving me excited about the role. But after the interviews, communication stopped completely. Despite following up multiple times, I received no response for weeks. I eventually got a generic rejection, which felt like an afterthought. Candidates invest a lot of time and energy preparing for interviews, clear and timely communication should be the minimum. I hope the company improves how it handles candidate experience going forward.
Confirmed questions1 question
- What makes you want this job?
Instacart
Manager
Manager Average Positive experience Accept offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Presentation Panel Background check
Interview formats
Behavioral Case Presentation
This is a standard tech company interview process with several stages. It starts with HR, then the hiring manager, followed by interviews with team members or colleagues from other departments. There's a business case exercise, and then you'll present your findings to a panel. Finally, you'll meet with a VP or an organizational leader.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Tell me why you're interested in working here.
- Could you describe a significant accomplishment?
- What's your approach to resolving conflicts?
Instacart
Senior Manager
Senior Average Neutral experience No offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
Got recommended for the role by someone working there, but it took about a month to hear back. The recruiter screener call went pretty well, it was scheduled for 30 minutes but ended up going for an hour. The recruiter even said I was moving on before we hung up. Had the hiring manager interview the same week, also 30 minutes. They were a couple minutes late to the Google meet, and just kind of dove right in. It seemed like they were reading questions off a script, and while they gave me positive feedback, they didn't ask for more detail or examples from my past work. Instead of specific examples, they asked broad hypothetical questions about strategy and management. They skipped a few questions because they felt I'd already answered them, and left only about 7 minutes for my questions. It felt a bit rough, and I couldn't get them to react much. I figured I'd get rejected, and heard back the next day. If I had passed, I was told there would be 4-6 interviews in total, with the next round being interviews with the 'pillars', though neither the recruiter nor the hiring manager could really explain who they were. The interview itself wasn't super hard, but the interviewer didn't seem like a natural at interviewing.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Regarding prioritization and handling unexpected workload changes, how do you manage your objectives?
- How do you prioritize objectives and deal with unexpected changes to your workload?
Instacart Manager Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Instacart interview reports.
“Can you explain what an API is?”
Read reports →“So, why Instacart?”
Read reports →“What are the key ways we can drive growth?”
Read reports →“What are the main difficulties you believe Instacart is currently dealing with?”
Read reports →“Which workforce tool do you think would be the best recommendation?”
Read report →“What solutions would you propose for this issue?”
Read report →“Can you create your work plan for the week for your two stores and document this plan in an email to your manager, where the purpose of the email is to effectively communicate the problems and next steps so that your manager agrees with your plan? This email should include: 1) For each store, trends/insights you are seeing in the "Store Weekly Data" tab on quality, productivity and shopper supply 2) What days you will spend at each store (assume a Sunday through Thursday work week) 3) What are some potential changes that you will make at each store to improve overall store metrics 4) Who are the top 6 shoppers you must coach at each store, and why? 5) What you will coach these shoppers on? 6) Any other needed store or shopper level actions. Also, please consider: - What are causing the issues you're seeing (e.g., the "root cause")? - How are you going to achieve improvement at the two selected stores? - Why will your plan work?”
Read report →“How would you drive customer adoption of our service?”
Read report →“Can you share a time you had a disagreement with a teammate?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 16 Instacart interview reports.