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      Software Engineer Intern Interview

      16 Apr 2013
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Francisco, CA
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Ancestry (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2013

      Interview

      Applied online, and got an email a few weeks later asking to set up a phone interview. Phone interview was a basic interview, with some technical computer-science related questions (though no written code). They wanted you to know about the programming languages that you claimed to know, especially how they worked behind the scenes. After the interview, got an email from the recruiter to set up an on-site interview in San Francisco. I was the only one there. In terms of company culture, the place really feels "Facebook-esque". There's a lot of free space and free food, and the dress code is casual. It's definitely a laid-back internet company. There was an hour long coding challenge, and then a few interviews with different team leads. I received an offer within a week - they were very fast.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Coding challenge (protected by an NDA).
      Answer question
      5

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      Software Engineer Intern Interview

      4 Feb 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Ancestry

      Interview

      The interview was 90 minutes total. 45 minutes with a senior software engineer and 45 minutes with a manager. 2 coding questions of easy-medium difficulty followed by questions about computer science concepts (databases, runtime, etc)

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Anagram Leetcode Problem Database questions
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      Software Engineer Intern Interview

      10 Oct 2012
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Francisco, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Ancestry (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2012

      Interview

      Applied online, withing two days received a phone interview from a recruiter. She asked me basic questions pertaining to availability, current classes, what my favorite class was, etc.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What are the concepts associated with Object Oriented Programming
      1 Answer