Ancestry·Software Engineer

Ancestry Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

United StatesPosted Feb 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview was set for 90 minutes total, split into two equal parts: first with a senior software engineer, then with a manager.

Both segments were heavy on evaluation rather than small talk. I was asked two easy-to-medium coding questions, followed by questions about computer science concepts like databases and runtime behavior.

The manager portion felt more like broader technical and team-fit alignment, but it still stayed grounded in fundamentals. Overall, the structure felt clean and balanced, and I wasn’t left guessing about what they were looking for.

I didn’t receive an offer, but the experience felt fair in how it matched my background to the role’s fundamentals. My main takeaway was that the interview tested

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