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23andMe interview questions

From 1 candidate account, updated Oct 12, 2026

Candidate accounts
1
Rounds on average
1
Rounds in every loop
1
Open roles at 23andMe
8

How the loop works

This guide draws on 1 first-hand interview account from Hacker News. Candidates describe about 1 round on average, most often a phone screen.

These 1 writeup cover software engineering roles. All of them were posted under a forum handle, so we could not verify the authors’ identities.

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Interview experiences at 23andMe

Full Stack Developer

Outcome not shared

unknown. 1 round. Shared by Stratoscope on hn, 2016-03-20

  1. 1Phone screenPhone screenTechnical screen including a discussion of XSS.Covered: Cross-site scripting, Web security

What 23andMe is hiring for now

8 open roles in our index. Advertised pay floors run $150k to $250k (median $190k, from 8 postings that state pay).

Most-posted roles

  • Executive Assistant1
  • Head of Communications1
  • Assistant General Counsel1
  • Senior Product Designer1
  • Sr. Software Engineer1
  • Sr. Software Engineer (Health AI and Machine Learning)1

Top locations

  • Palo Alto7
  • Salt Lake City1

23andMe interviews: FAQ

What is the interview process like at 23andMe?
This guide draws on 1 first-hand interview account from Hacker News. Candidates describe about 1 round on average, most often a phone screen.
What topics does 23andMe test in interviews?
Commonly reported topics include Cross-site scripting, Web security.

These guides summarize public, first-hand interview experiences shared by candidates. They describe the shape of each loop and the topics that came up, not a leaked question bank, and every experience links back to its original source. Processes change often. Treat this as directional prep, not a script.