I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Ancestry (Provo, UT) in May 2016
Interview
I had a friend who worked there which helped me get an interview. First was contacted by recruitment to go over some basics. Then the hiring manager called me to get a better feel. Then I was called in for an in office interview. I met with two groups for about an hour each. Mostly technical questions. You get a little care package just for coming to interview, which I thought was pretty cool.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard engineering questions. How do you test various scenarios. Solving problems based off of data structures knowledge. Then some domain specific questions. They really want to see your thought process in tackling issues. How deep are you digging into the problem to understand it and what are you doing to iterate a solution.
The conversation went well and felt engaging. The candidate communicated ideas clearly, showed practical understanding of security concepts, and asked thoughtful questions. Overall, a positive interaction with strong potential for the role.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Ancestry in Oct 2022
Interview
I met with the hiring manager. Questions were asked around Java and overall background. Followed by meeting with the devs from actual team where I was asked about my background experience as well and technical questions. I was able to asks questions by the end of each interviews.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Ancestry (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2022
Interview
A Phone call with the recruiter, One round with an engineer and then an onsite (Series of zoom calls) with the team. Pretty straight forward and quick process. Asked a lot of technical questions and very specific questions about past experience, project complexity.
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