I applied online. I interviewed at Dropbox in Sep 2019
Interview
I got the HackerRank in mid-September of 2019 after applying online. The challenge that year was the "Autocomplete Scores" question, you can find it on Leetcode. I got an email that I passed a little over a week later, and scheduled a 1-hour phone interview for 2 weeks after.
The phone interview itself was great. I was asked about designing some kind of basic storage system and how to make it fault tolerant. The interviewer was friendly and we solved the problem "together". I thought I did pretty well.
I followed up a week after the interview and was told they would have an update for me shortly. I never got an update, and followed up again 2 weeks after that. The recruiter finally asked to schedule a 20-minute HR call that week. I provided some times and also some offer deadlines, and never got a response. At that point, I had just given up and accepted another offer.
It's one thing to just get ghosted, but another for a recruiter to ask for availability for a short call and then never schedule it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
OA: Auto-complete Scores
Phone Interview: Basic Fault-tolerant Storage System Design.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Dropbox in Jan 2026
Interview
It was on OA that consisted of four different levels, then it was a normal recruiter call, then two technicals back to back. After that it was a final round behavioral interview.
The process begins with a CodeSignal assessment focused on problem-solving and algorithms. After that, there are three interview stages: a technical interview on algorithms and data structures, a technical interview focused on code review and debugging, and finally a behavioral interview assessing teamwork, communication, and cultural fit
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Dropbox (Warsaw, Masovia)
Interview
OA -> HR -> 2 technical interviews
Quite nice experience overall, but answers for the interviews were checked in comparison to some internal answer sheet, both first and second technical interview didn't leave anything to critical thinking or imagination rather whether you came up with desired solution or not, kind of leetcode brainrot required. Fast to reject, and reject feedback available makes it quite professional experience, still not really satisfied with questions choice and how grading went.
Software Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Dropbox with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 78% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Intern roles take an average of 22 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 Software Engineer Intern according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 45%
One on one interview: 18%
Skills test: 18%
Presentation: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
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