Ancestry·Software Engineer

Ancestry Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

United StatesPosted Mar 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I got far enough to feel like the process was moving—first a recruiter call to confirm fit, then an hour interview with the hiring manager.

The manager asked a few JavaScript questions and we talked through the role, and I felt like it went well. After that, I was scheduled for a virtual onsite.

When the day came, I joined the Zoom link and immediately hit an invalid meeting ID. I emailed the recruiter who’d sent the invite, but there was no response. I called the recruiter who originally contacted me and learned my interview had been cancelled; I hadn’t been told. I’d taken the day off to be ready for what they described as a multi-hour interview, and the experience turned into a frustrating mix of lost time and poor

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