23andMe interview questions
Updated Apr 20, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 14%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 9%RecruiterRecruiter
- 3%In PersonIn Person
- 1%OtherOther
- 1%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
Interview search
174 interviews
23andMe interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at 23andMe as 57.9% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.85 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Technical Writer and Internship rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Intern Interview and Director of Talent roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at 23andMe takes an average of 31 days when considering 173 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Product Writer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Director of Talent roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 120 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at 23andMe according to 173 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 13%
Presentation: 11%
Background check: 8%
Drug test: 7%
Skills test: 6%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Personality test: 1%
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