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May 2026
instacart fulltime software engineer onsite interview experience
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Interview Experience
coding1 decode password，刷过，写的比较快，面试官很 nice，聊了怎么 refactor for prod。
coding2 Find Minimal Shoppers，binary search 套 heap simulation，做出来了。
Karat 那轮极度不爽。面试官推进特别快，AI 吐出来的答案特别长，一下子找不到自己代码了，完全不知道在干什么。
两轮 coding 感觉还好，Karat 就不知道怎么评价了。。。
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coding1 decode password，刷过，写的比较快，面试官很 nice，聊了怎么 refactor for prod。
coding2 Find Minimal Shoppers，binary search 套 heap simulation，做出来了。
Karat 那轮极度不爽。面试官推进特别快，AI 吐出来的答案特别长，一下子找不到自己代码了，完全不知道在干什么。
两轮 coding 感觉还好，Karat 就不知道怎么评价了。。。
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This is a candidate experience report from a instacart interview for a swe role (newgrad level) during the onsite round reported in 2026.
It covers the following topics: Binary Search, Heap .
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