Instacart Karat interview

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joknskdf

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joknskdf
May 25, 2021 15 Comments

Recruiter mentioned there will be knowledge based questions and CS Fundamentals along with the coding assessment.

Can the community please help what to actually expect in the interview? Can you share some examples and how should I prep for them?

#instacart #karat

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TOP 15 Comments
  • We do karat interviews?
    May 25, 2021 4
    • Not enough Staff+ interviewers to handle the load, and it lets us test drive the system without rolling it out to all engineering interviews.
      May 25, 2021
    • Earnin
      Kaph25

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      Kaph25
      Fwiw I had a recruiter talk me through more of a "how to get hired" if I felt like just jamming CS theory wasn't gonna be my strong suit. She recommended me try for Sr. And then if I killed it staff could be discussed.
      Jun 5, 2021
  • Lyft
    kcco

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    kcco
    NEVER EVER agree to 3rd party interviewing platforms like Karat or TripleByte. If you are spending time to for a company, they should reciprocate same with you. How they handle it is their problem.
    May 26, 2021 1
    • Lyft
      kcco

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      kcco
      I’ve participated in these 3rd party tools and successfully proceeded to the next level. Nothing felt more superfluous than getting interviewed by 3rd party tools.
      May 26, 2021
  • Nutanix
    yeeeeeeett

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    yeeeeeeett
    My experience was really bad with Karat. A middle aged man showed up asking theoretical CS questions. I just had 15-30 seconds to answer each question. This continued for like 15 mins and then we did a programming question at the end.
    May 25, 2021 1
  • Karat is a hit or miss. My first Karat interview via Roblox was good. The interviewer was knowledgeable and helped me to understand the question better and eventually reach the solution. My second interview via Robinhood was terrible. The first part had system design questions where answers were subjective. I was done with those questions in 20 mins. I had 40 mins to code a very tedious question. At the 50th minute mark, the interviewer told me to stop because according to that person I should be given only 30 mins to solve the question. I did solve the question but got a reject. The feedback was that both sys design and coding interviews were lacking "signals". Oh well πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
    May 25, 2021 3
    • New
      oaLC67

      New

      oaLC67
      I had exactly the same experience as yours, lol. The system design part in Karat's interview for Robinhood seems like a quick quiz instead of discussing the scenario. Don't know what they want to test out of it.

      At the 50th minute mark, the interviewer told me to stop because according to that person I should be given only 30 mins to solve the question. I did solve the question but got a reject. Also same.
      Mar 18
    • What was the coding asked in that Karat interview?
      May 6
  • eBay
    chjhcgk

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    chjhcgk
    Does codesignal interview mean it’s Not Karat interview?
    May 25, 2021 0