Ancestry·Software Engineer

Ancestry Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Positive

San Francisco, CAPosted May 2016 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a fairly structured pipeline that moved fast once I got past the initial recruiter touchpoints, and it felt like the company really leaned on hands-on evaluation.

After applying, I had a technical interview early on where the first part focused on my projects and the tools I’d used. Later in that same round, I had an online coding challenge where I worked in a browser editor for the allotted time, and even though I felt like I performed well, I didn’t advance.

On other passes, the process was more intensive and lasted a few stages. I had a short phone screen with multiple team members asking about Java, JavaScript, and SQL, plus questions tied to my resume. That was followed by an onsite block that lasted around three hours, with deeper discussion of

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