I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Instructure (Salt Lake City, UT) in Feb 2016
Interview
Their recruiter contacted me and sent me this open position, we had a 45 minutes phone interview then 30 minutes google hangout interview with engineering lead and code assignment. They called me to salt lake city for a full day interview with 4 engineers and VP of engineering. They asked me to code on my laptop and white board, I solved all the four complex problems in the limited given time and they looked happy. Next day recruiter called and notified that they decided to move forward with other candidates! Nothing to say just waste of time.
First technical interview with engineers from different regions, followed by a conversation with US-based leadership.
The technical interview focused on AI-assisted coding and problem solving, while the second round was a more free-form discussion with management.
Did not receive customized feedback, only a generic rejection.
I applied online. I interviewed at Instructure (Budapest) in Feb 2026
Interview
The first round was a brief phone screening (around 5 minutes) covering basic background information and general eligibility.
The next two rounds were technical interviews, each conducted by an Engineering Manager and a Developer. The discussions focused on prior experience, system design approaches, and architectural decision-making.
The live coding tasks were practical and implementation-oriented. One exercise involved array manipulation (similar to sliding window problems on LeetCode), where specific elements needed to be returned. Another task required filtering inappropriate words from a string.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How I would design and implement a form submission flow
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Instructure in Sept 2025
Interview
Interview process was great! It was a two-interview process. First interview was with the team manager and the director. They asked me some behavioral as well as some technical questions. Second interview was a panel interview with the whole team in their office. A lot of whiteboarding/technical questions. The team seemed like a fun team to work with!
Overall, I'd say they have a well-designed interview process that isn't too difficult or scary.
It's a bummer that I didn't get an offer though, as I felt like I did really well. I was also bothered by the fact that the position was reposted on LinkedIn almost immediately after they sent me a rejection email. Odd timing. I really want to believe it was just a coincidence, but you just never know in this job market.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design SQL tables for checking out a book at a library?