I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Dropbox in Jan 2025
Interview
Had initial HR call then they scheduled initial screening round. Gave 4 SQL question similar to their prep material. There wasnt enough time to understand the schema and answer it properly.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Dropbox in Sep 2021
Interview
1. Initial phone screen
2. ~1 hour technical screening, intermediate SQL questions
3. ~5 hour virtual interview day, covering several topics across different interviewers: behavioral, data modeling, programming, open-ended presentation of a past project, and meeting with the hiring manager
The interviewers are very patients and nice, try their best to help you understand the questions. If you made some small mistake, they will remain you. They are looking for someone who have the ability to solve questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
detect the data quality issues within a given table?
Data Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Dropbox with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Data Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 29%
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 29%
Group panel interview: 14%
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