I interviewed at Dropbox (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2013
Interview
Had a really strange experience. THEY HAD ME FOR A WRONG POSITION!
I applied in career fair. The guy who took my resume did not even look at me then, blandly said take a t-shirt and go. I thought that Dropbox is smart and they hire people first and then find a fitting role. NO.
I was invited for an on-campus interview. Apparently, it was not even an engineering position but was something like a sales position, that too not full time. My resume clearly says engineering full time position seeker.
God knows why they made me go to the interview only to find out (thanks to a smart lady interviewing me) that I indeed should not have been called for the interview.
SO - immediate reject.
Did it annoy me, yes! Not for the time/effort but getting the hopes up :(
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interviewer: I think I am not the right interviewer for you. Let me check what's going on.
ME: eehh...
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%
Group panel interview: 6%
Background check: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Presentation: 3%
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