Senior QA Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
I applied online and was contacted by a recruiter. The first phone screen with the recruiter went fine. She mainly asked about my experience and two technical questions. She also explained the next steps for the second technical phone interview.
Within a few days, I was scheduled for the second interview with a newly joined QA from NY. This position was SF-based.
The interviewer mentioned at the beginning that he had no clue about the team or the role I was being interviewed for, so he wouldn't be able to answer any questions I might have regarding that. He began with QA philosophy questions and then moved on to scenario-based questions, asking me to list test cases for every scenario.
The interview went very well, or so I thought. I was expecting to hear back from them and followed up with both recruiters, but there was no response.
After more than a week, I received an automated response of rejection. I requested feedback, since the email didn't provide any information, but I never heard back from them.
Questions
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How do you test
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Why QA?
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Why are you looking to move?
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Interview Statistics
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Success Rate
Dropbox's interview process for their Senior QA Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Dropbox's Senior QA Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Dropbox Work Experiences
- 5.0A wonderful place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesAugust 9, 2017Pros: High-impact projects affecting millions of users. The technical challenges are immense, and there are many interesting product problems to tackle as well.Cons: Dropbox can be a chaotic place to work. You have to be able to work with others and manage your time well in order to get anything done.
- 3.0Lack of direction...Software Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 8, 2023Pros: Good benefits. Some teams have good culture, while others don't. It's a very humanized company to work for amongst all tech companies. Good work-life balance. It used to be a great company.Cons: Constant reorgs at the leadership level, lack of direction and CEO involvement, nepotism in many departments. The top is too hands off. Two layoffs so far, despite promises and stable cash flow.
- 5.0Awesome place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesMay 17, 2015Pros: Dropbox has some of the smartest — and nicest! — people around. The company is growing rapidly, which means there are more interesting problems to solve and growth opportunities than there are people to solve them all. It's also a chance to see how things really work at a high-growth company; management is extremely transparent. The problem space is well beyond simply file sharing at this point, and there are plenty of interesting new projects in development for product-focused folks. Our infrastructure challenges are second only to a handful of companies (like Google or Facebook), but we're getting to build that infrastructure from the ground up, with a chance to learn from those that have come before us.Cons: For some folks, the constant change might be a con. Dropbox is growing incredibly fast, so everything that worked a year or two ago needs to be re-evaluated against higher scale.
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