Postmates Interview Questions
Updated May 17, 2022
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Interviews at Postmates
Interviews for Top Jobs at Postmates
- Courier (71)
- Software Engineer (32)
- Delivery Driver (27)
- Product Analyst (11)
- Postmates Courier (10)
- Customer Service Professional (7)
- Senior Software Engineer (6)
- Customer Service Representative (6)
- Community Manager (6)
- Bike Courier (5)
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- Operations Manager (4)
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- Account Manager (3)
- Recruiter (3)
- Driver (3)
- Technical Recruiter (3)
- Manager (3)
- Data Analyst (2)
- Solutions Engineer (2)
- Android Engineer (2)
- Account Executive (2)
- Senior Financial Analyst (2)
- FT Courier (2)
- Director of Customer Service (2)
- Team Lead (2)

Anonymous Employee
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Postmates
Interview process is very straight forward. Everyone one is extremely nice. You will work with a recruiter who will speak with you first then you will meet with two sales managers.
- Sell me on an app that is not Postmates.

Anonymous Employee
I interviewed at Postmates
Panel onsite interviews 30 minutes back to back for about 3 hours onsite pre pandemic Able to meet in a very short time with all of the key people I would be working with
- What is your experience working with external auditors

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Postmates
Made me go through 5 rounds of interviews on 3 different days, some were cool, many were arrogant and condescending. Took forever to get back to me. Glad they passed in the end, have heard only bad things and most people who were cool actually left.
- How would you market the product at the venues?

Anonymous Employee
I interviewed at Postmates
Relatively straightforward. Call with the hiring manager, team lead, and CMO. Everyone I spoke with was super delightful, intelligent, and genuine. The process was a bit long due to the availabilities of the management team but the HR did an amazing job keeping me updated. Overall it was a very pleasant experience.
- How would you increase the engagement of our members?

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. I interviewed at Postmates
I was contacted after applying online for the internship role, I successfully completed the online coding challenge, and was asked to do a behavioral online assessment. Upon completion, I was asked to schedule an interview time. I replied with a time slot that worked with me, and mentioned that I was flexible. Then I did not get any replies for 2 weeks. I had asked about a status update, but then was ghosted by the employer. After three weeks of no reply, I got an email saying that all the positions were filled for the coming season, so they decided to interview me for a different year. I was again asked to schedule a time, and I responded with a time that worked with me. Again, I had no emails back for 2 weeks, then they sent me a rejection email without having interviewed me. I was left feeling confused to what happened, and the whole ghosting situation was stressful. Definitely did not feel respected.
- Online coding assessment, followed by an online game that measures your behavior, then they ghosted me

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Postmates
The interview process was highly comprehensive, giving me insight as to both lateral, junior, and senior level teammates who I'd be interacting with. I appreciated the detailed conversations, rigorous process and candid perspective as to the internal culture.
- Why Postmates and why this role in particular?

Anonymous Employee
I interviewed at Postmates
The best interview experience I've ever had. Communication throughout the entire process was exemplary. Began with a phone screening, and then had several interviews with team members and the hiring manager.
- Why do you want to work for Postmates?

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. I interviewed at Postmates
It starts with a take-home technical challenge. Giving you a CSV of data related to the product analyst position, you need to clean it up and deliver insights. I enjoyed how it was very similar to something you would encounter in the actual role. You then move on to an in-person interview where you discuss the take-home and do a Postgres SQL quiz in code-signal. No gotcha questions here, you just discuss the take home. The SQL questions are related to the position and involve knowledge of (WHERE and GROUP BY and time series comparison, Questions like, get the total amount for x by y during z timeframe.) You then move on to the final interview. It is 4 or 5 hours and 4 or 5 individual interviews with different people. The recruiter will give you info on what to expect beforehand. There is a case study, SQL challenge (code signal), and one where you look at a chart with no axis and tell a story about it. The SQL questions are pretty difficult in my opinion. Make sure you know things about postmates app you would want to change. Make sure you know postgres SQL for time-series related questions. Make sure you ask questions about the vague charts they show before you start talking. Overall the interviews were good. It took an extremely long time, 4 months. And they ghosted me after the final interview after telling me they would get back to me with a yes or no. So I found that quite unprofessional. Also, the first take-home is probably 100% a Python or R challenge yet most of the people there say they use SQL 90% of the time and that some dont even know Python. Exact SQL questions for first-round interview can be found in glassdoor.
- SQL questions: I think 3 per interview, 2 simple and 1 hard. Group bys, order bys, for time periods. Growth questions and time comparisons. (have those down), generally joining two or three tables, but the join ids are simple, nothing crazy. Chart question: Look at this axis less chart and tell me what it means in relation to the postmates business.

Anonymous Employee in Nashville, TN
I applied online. I interviewed at Postmates (Nashville, TN)
Simple, quick and easy! I was able to login on my phone and get the process started quickly. Just waiting for the official offer. Liked how I was able to get all the information I needed prior to everything.
- Just ran background and credit check. No Interview

Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
I interviewed at Postmates (San Francisco, CA)
Basic "how would you deal with this situation" questions. Some business content questions and discussing various potential business scenarios Postmates might navigate. Nothing too tricky or surprising. Most interviewers were very nice.
- Describe a situation when you needed to persuade others of your point of view.
Postmates Interviews FAQs
Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Postmates as 49.0% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.02 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Engineer and Product Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Courier and Delivery Driver roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Postmates takes an average of 12 days when considering 351 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Postmates Courier had the quickest hiring process (on average 4 days), whereas Software Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 12 days).
Common stages of the interview process at Postmates according to 351 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone Interview: 22.96%
Group Panel Interview: 17.26%
Background Check: 14.95%
Presentation: 14.64%
One on One Interview: 13.71%
Drug Test: 6.47%
Skills Test: 4.62%
Other: 2.93%
Personality Test: 1.39%
IQ Intelligence Test: 1.08%
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