Technical Screen

Five Questions on Product Sense, Experiment Design, and SQL

InstacartData Scientist · Senior+ · Technical Screen · Dec 2025

Overall the experience was good. The interviewer was very nice, and communication was smooth. The 45 minutes covered product sense, experiment design, experiment analysis, and SQL. Question 1 How to investigate a metric decline. Pretty standard question. Seasonality, product changes, user segments, external competition — as long as it's reasonable, that's fine. Question 2 If you want to launch a…

Shared by a candidate · reported Dec 2025. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.