I applied through a recruiter. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Dropbox
Interview
Very long interview process, 3 week gaps between each stage with. Half of the interviewers were new at Dropbox (<6 mo). Coding environment not adequate to the language, very scripted requirements.
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The interview process usually includes two coding interviews, one system design, one deep dive one project, and one behavior interview, which is just about how you would behave or handle when conflicts happens.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a binary tree, print the value of the each node by level with new line at the end of each level
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Dropbox in Oct 2023
Interview
Received an auto generated email to complete an automated code screening challenge. If the company cannot even bother to set up an actual person to do the interview, how bad is their culture going to be!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
This is a robot. Waste your time answering these coding questions so we can determine whether the company should spend time with you because the company is more important than you and you are worthless.
Staff Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Dropbox with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 20% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Staff Software Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Dropbox overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Dropbox as a Staff Software Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 40%
Skills test: 40%
Presentation: 20%
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