I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Instructure in Mar 2016
Interview
After an initial phone screening I was asked to complete a coding exercise. They expected me to take 3 hours on it and promised feedback on the code should I not end up getting the job. I did exactly what was asked for the exercise. I put a lot into it, making sure my code was nice and easy to read. I submitted the code and waited a few weeks.
I finally received an invitation to complete an interview with a developer to discuss my code. The interview was supposed to last 45 min. The interviewer asked a few questions about projects I had completed and then asked if I had any questions. I began to ask and he cut the interview short 20 min for another meeting. A day later I received an email that said they were moving forward with other candidates.
I sent the recruiter an email asking if I could get feedback on the coding exercise I had spent so much time and effort on. It's been a few weeks and I have heard nothing back. Overall it was a very frustrating interview process. It felt disorganized and a bit unfair to ask so much of a candidate without giving any of the feedback that was promised.
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 Sep 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?
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Instructure with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 28 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Instructure overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Instructure as a Software Engineer according to 28 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 32%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 18%
Presentation: 14%
Group panel interview: 6%
Drug test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Background check: 2%
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