Software 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 45% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 231 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 according to 231 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 41%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 16%
Presentation: 10%
Background check: 3%
Group panel interview: 3%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Drug test: 0%
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I did OA and phone screen. During the phone screen, the HR did not ask too much questions about myself and mainly spent time talking about next steps. And then ghost me from there. This is not a good interview experience and a timely feedback or reject would be much better.
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Question 1
Describe yourself and what is your goal in your new job
Initial coding exam with extreme difficulty, leetcode type exam with a time limit. After that you progress to an onsite interview with system design questions. The initial coding exam has about 3 multistep questions.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Dropbox
Interview
The process consists of a CodeSignal code screening, then a couple technical and behavioral rounds. There are recruiter calls in between stages to share feedback. After all interviews, you are assessed based on performance and eventually get to talk to a hiring manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was a strong focus on a singular project during the behavioral interview