I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Dropbox (San Francisco, CA) in Jun 2012
Interview
The company isn't looking for someone who would fulfill the job requirements extermely well but someone who they want to hang out with after work. It's simply absurd - companies like Dropbox are passing on qualified candidates because they are 'in the spotlight' right now and can interview as many people as they want, with complete disregard for candidates' time.
After reading the prior reviews on Glassdoor, I was not going to waste my time and effort applying to Dropbox - was influenced to apply and wish I had not wasted my time and effort. I thought the interview went really well and was a little shocked when I received the "thanks but no thanks" email.
My interview was scheduled for 11:15am and I was offered lunch as an afterthought.
My process was as follows:
1) apply online (resume and short cover letter)
2) contacted by recruiter and asked to fill out questionaire
3) contacted for phone call
4) completed "phone call" which was really a phone interview
5) contacted for on-site interview
6) went in for on-site interview
On-site interview:
1) first round with two guys from the tech support team
2) second round with two different guys from the team
3) third round was a conversation with a guy from the team
4) fourth round was an introduction from the team lead
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Describe the path a file takes between the time it is uploaded and the time it is synced with another computer.
Quick brain teaser. The numbers 1 through 6 are in play. Player A (the interviewer) chooses 4 of these numbers and arranges them in a given order. Player B (interviewee) has to guess the number that Player A has written down. After each guess, Player A tells B how many digits B has correct and how many of those digits are in the correct location. For example, if the number A wrote down is '2345' and B writes down '5346', A responds 'you have 3 of the digits correct and 2 of the locations correct'.
This goes on until B writes down the correct number.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Dropbox in Nov 2023
Interview
First things first - way too many interviews. Six total interviews for a "junior" technical support role is insane. Everyone was nice and I personally felt like I killed my interviews. However, I was rejected, being told that they wanted someone with less experience ("junior" as they put it). I wish they would have saved me the time and not interviewed me having known what they were looking for and how my resume compared.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked how I collaborated across organizations and teams - this is very important to them!
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Dropbox (Dublin, Dublin) in Mar 2014
Interview
The whole process took place over 3 weeks and the staff were friendly enough. There was 2 phone interviews followed by 4 on site interviews over 2 hours. The phone interviews were conducted via speakerphone in an area of the office bad for reception which is an indicator to just how professional these people are. I unfortunately, did not make it past the on-site stage (although I know there was one final interview to go with the director of the department) but when you do 6 interviews with a company and they don't even call you to say you didn't get through nor provide any reasons as to why it is a very frustrating and discourteous process
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were interviews with one person not from the department the role is based in. I got a marketing exec who asked a question involving 8 balls - 7 of which are identical and one which is slightly heavier. How do you find the heavier ball with a balance
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Dropbox (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Process consisted of a casual phone call with one of the recruiters to get a feel for the role and responsibilities. This was followed by two phone screens with Technical Support engineers. Lastly, there was the on site interview in San Francisco. They were all friendly and professional. Sometimes there was a delay in communications, or last minute changes, but these were not huge inconveniences in any way. The first phone screen had me fill out some support tickets during the interview. A lot of the in-person interview was spent on personality/behavioral oriented questions and this was a great way to get a feel for the company culture. There were also coding questions and troubleshooting questions (e.g. if you had this support ticket or support issue at Dropbox, what would you tell the customer?). Some of the "technical" questions were suspect to me in terms of value. However, I do phone interviews in my current job so I'm a bit biased. In the end, the interviewers know what they are looking for in an answer and I respect that; plus, every company has their own unique style of interviewing and I think that's fine. Overall, the interview process was positive. Dropbox seems like an awesome company that is doing it's best to maintain it's small company culture while also growing to compete in the market, and I think they have a bright future ahead of them. I didn't get an offer but I did not do very well on some of the technical questions so I'm not too surprised. Advice to prospective hires: Just relax and be yourself; you'll need the technical background and skills to get through the first steps, but personality and cultural fit are both very important to Dropbox (as they should be for every company!).
Technical Support Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Dropbox with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 42% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Technical Support Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 12 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 Technical Support Engineer according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 32%
One on one interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 19%
Skills test: 16%
Personality test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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