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      Software Engineer, Infrastructure Interview

      Nov 24, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Dropbox (New York, NY) in Nov 2025

      Interview

      The role was a metadata software engineer role. The role required infra experience and Oncall work etc. But I got what they call an "advanced question" OA to be solved in 1 hour. Basically in the OA, you choose your programming language and then they give you an API framework in that language like a Asp.net for c#, spring for java, Django for python Then the question is a service with a backend of real files for that API framework and a UI react frontend that shows the service output You are required to add new features to the API framework from question 1 to question 4 with progressive difficulty. If you have no API framework specific exp for years, you are fked. But then they expect ppl to use the AI chat to ask questions like "what does this file mean ?" All in 1 hour The question is a huge mismatch because they expect you to use the AI bot in codelity to ask prompt engineeing questions like "how to add a new API to this service". The OA was a nightmare and I didn't answer any question, submited and got rejected few days later Why is an Infra heavy role asking candidates to answer tough API specific backend questions with the excuse that "You have an AI bot to ask questions" It's meant to test your vibe coding skills instead of actual technical problems solving. This OA is insanely fked up and in 1 hour for 4 questions?

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Add simple to then complex Django changes to a service. But the role is infra and not backend development
      Answer question

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