Is it hard to get hired as a Software Engineering Intern at Dropbox?

Software Engineering 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 77% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.

How long does it take to get hired as a Software Engineering Intern at Dropbox?

Candidates applying for Software Engineering Intern roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 16 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Dropbox overall takes an average of 21 days.

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based on 17 ratings - Updated Mar 27, 2025

Average interview difficulty

Very positive interview experience

How others got an interview

29%
Campus Recruiting
Campus Recruiting
29%
Applied online
Applied online
14%
Recruiter
Recruiter
14%
Employee Referral
Employee Referral
14%
In Person
In Person

Interview search

17 interviews

Software Engineering Intern Interview

Oct 21, 2020

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Dropbox (Los Angeles, CA) in Oct 2020

Interview

They first gave out a hacker rank test which consisted of 2 questions over a 60 minute period. After that, I was invited for a phone screen/interview with a Dropbox engineer. I was informed that after the phone screen there would a phone call with a recruiter and more technical interviews.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

What's your background/experience? Tell us about yourself. And the technical question was of average difficulty.

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Software Engineering Intern Interview

Oct 13, 2020

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Dropbox in Oct 2020

Interview

I applied through GHC. 90 minute Hackerrank with 2 questions (sliding window and I forget the other one), 1 hour phone interview w/coding problem (1 question with 2 follow ups), “on site” (virtual) with 30 minute behavioral and 1 hour technical.

Interview questions [2]

Question 1

What do you contribute to the team outside of engineering

2 Answers

Question 2

Design an image/file storage that gets the stalest image

1 Answer

Software Engineering Intern Interview

Sep 22, 2020

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Difficult interview

Application

I interviewed at Dropbox

Interview

There was first a coding challenge on a coding website that I needed to take, and I felt that it was not relevant to the position that I was applying for.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

I am not sure what the questions were.

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