Instawork Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 14 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Instawork.
Instawork
Software Engineer
Mid Average Negative experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Coding Coding System Design Behavioral
So there were 4 rounds in total. The first 2 were DSA rounds, then a design round, and finally a director round. The DSA rounds had 2 technical questions each, and the interviewers were helpful. The design round focused on HLD. The director round was the worst, no technical stuff, just a pointless round with an uninterested interviewer. After that, they ghosted and I was told I was rejected in the director round without any reason given, which was a bad experience.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Two DSA questions were asked in the first two rounds.
- One HLD question was asked in the design round.
Instawork
Software Engineer Intern
Intern Average Positive experience Accept offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Coding
I had a recruiter screen asking about my past experience and why I was interested in Instawork. Then, a hiring manager screen where we went deep into my resume. Finally, a tech screen that involved a LeetCode medium style question, specifically implementing a web crawler recursively.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Can you tell me about your past experience and why you're interested in Instawork?
- Let's do a deep dive into your resume.
- Implement a web crawler recursively.
Instawork
Software Engineer
Entry Average Positive experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Technical screen
Interview formats
System Design Technical
We discussed system design, focusing on keeping things simple and calm. Having a good grasp of data structures and algorithms is super helpful for building good solutions and handling design problems. Just stay relaxed and confident.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Could you design an elevator system for a tall building, thinking about things like busy times, different floors, and making sure elevators handle requests well to cut down wait times and boost how many people can use them?
Instawork Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Instawork interview reports.
“Implement a web crawler recursively.”
Read reports →“Can you write a debounce function?”
Read reports →“Build a full-stack application utilizing Django.”
Read reports →“Could you implement an LRU cache?”
Read reports →“Can you write a throttle function?”
Read report →“How would you efficiently organize data in a CSV, including indexing?”
Read report →“What are the best practices for deployment, specifically with Docker?”
Read report →“How would you structure a Redux store?”
Read report →“Build a fullstack team management application with Python and Django as the backend.”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 14 Instawork interview reports.