Instacart interview questions
37 questions for Instacart: 19 reported at Instacart and 18 typical for the role.
“Reported at Instacart” questions were found in public interview reports. “Typical for the role” ones are common for this kind of role, written by our research model, and not specific to Instacart.
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- Create a product that will help an obese patient's health.
- How do you measure and optimize conversion funnel metrics across the user journey from landing page to checkout?
- How I managed the planning process for my team.
- How I managed the product deadlines against technical debt.
- How I would define KPIs for an application like Instacart.
- How should Instacart balance displaying sponsored ad products (Carrot Ads) against organic product recommendations in search results?
- How would you approach launching Instacart services or Caper smart carts in a brand-new geographic market?
- How would you define success metrics for Instacart's engineering team?
- How would you design a product feature to increase order accuracy for personal shoppers inside retail stores?
- How would you evaluate the success of an automated item substitution algorithm for shoppers in real time?
- How would you factor in the number of motion events per day in 2020?
- How would you improve the core shopping and re-ordering experience for Instacart consumers?
- How would you launch Instacart for business? How would you know if it was successful?
- If order delivery times are increasing while shopper availability remains flat, what trade-offs would you evaluate?
- Imagine customer support tickets for missing items increased by 15% week-over-week. How would you root-cause this issue?
- Imagine you are working on a feature for Instacart that involves multiple departments. How would you handle the coordination and ensure the project's success?
- Walk me through how you would define the key metrics and success criteria for a new delivery scheduling feature.
- You're a PM at Instacart responsible for growing the Business Customers segment. What strategies would you implement to attract and retain businesses such as restaurants, retailers, and offices?
- You're a PM at Instacart. What would you do to improve retention?
- Can you describe a time when you had to handle a significant change in a software project? How did you adapt?
- Do you believe you can lead a team if given the chance to?
- Have you worked with cross-functional teams before?
- How can you prove to be an asset to our team?
- How do you get a team to rally around different goals with different priorities?
- How do you stay motivated to continue a difficult project?
- How do you work under pressure?
- How have you set goals for your team in previous roles?
- How would you define success metrics for Google Flight Search?
- How would you describe yourself in five words?
- How would you improve YouTube?
- Pick a non-Instacart digital product you use daily. How would you improve it, and what success metrics would you track?
- Tell me about an end-to-end product you worked on.
- Tell me about your involvement in defining the product roadmap for the team.
- Tell me one of your significant past projects?
- What are three consumer apps you use regularly and why?
- What is your leadership style?
- What's your favorite product and why?
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