I applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Dropbox (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2020
Interview
Reached out to recruiter to get coding challenge after applying online. Challenge was ridiculously hard and required memoization on a trie in 70 minutes. Scheduled phone interview the following week and although I thought I did really well on the interview I was told a few weeks later that I wouldn't be moving forward.
The hiring bar is high even for interns so you really have to know what you're doing to get an internship here.
It was pretty chill. OA, then 2 technicals then a final behavioral with a hiring manager. Interviewers have clear cut criteria, but was challenging. One technical was system design, the other was DSA
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
DSA-> Two sum
Code review -> Find duplicate in list
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Dropbox (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Recruiter call than a technical coding interview which was two parts one was code review/debugging and the other one was a leetcode type question. Everyone was nice but questions were difficult
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Dropbox (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2025
Interview
Phone screen, then 2 part technical, then final round. Technical was around leetcode medium difficulty.
Was not super hard interview, but you should have some sense of SWE best practices and good DSA knowledge.
SWE Intern 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 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE Intern roles take an average of 21 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 SWE Intern according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 17%
Presentation: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Other: 17%
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