I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Dropbox
Interview
Dropped off resume at university career fair, and received an invitation to participate in a one-hour coding challenge shortly after. The coding challenge was done through HackerRank but in a designated room on campus. I wasn't able to finish an optimized solution in time and only passed something like 6/10 test cases (remaining ones timed out), but still received an on-campus interview invitation within a few hours.
On-campus interview was an hour long and had only one question, with the coding done through a shared notepad website. It didn't take too long to complete but my interviewer asked a lot of followup questions, mostly What-ifs, that filled most of the remaining time. I thought I did pretty well and had reasonably good answers to all of the questions, but received notification about a week later that I didn't make the on-site.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Dropbox (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2021
Interview
Process was 2 online assessments, followed by a phone screen and then final. Final was 3 round. 1 coding challenge, a code review and behavioral. Interviewers were friendly and cooperative. Recruiting process was very slow. Took about 2 months to get to final.
I applied online. I interviewed at Dropbox in Aug 2020
Interview
1. Applied online mid August 2020
2. Received HackerRank to complete in 75 minutes
Did not pass the HackerRank stage, which was very difficult....decided to take a nap in the middle because I did not even know how to approach the problems
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Even though questions were very difficult, they were a good indication of the work that Dropbox SWE do, which I really appreciated.
I had to complete a hackerrank challenge and it was 90 minutes long. It was the grid illumination challenge and I found it pretty challenging and didnt pass the test cases. However, the process was still very fun and I had a great time.
Software Engineering applicants have rated the interview process at Dropbox with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineering roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 19 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 Software Engineering according to 19 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 30%
Skills test: 18%
Background check: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
Presentation: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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