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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

January 1, 2019
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

A Dropbox recruiter contacted me and invited me to participate in an online technical screen with an engineer. I performed extremely well in the online technical screen. Yet, after a week, the recruiter called to inform me of my rejection. When I asked for feedback on my performance, she said no such information was available.

I don't understand why the recruiter would waste my time and yet have nothing to deliver as feedback for my rejection. She could have just sent an email stating that I was rejected. In fact, she wasted two hours of my time just to deliver the news of my rejection, without any feedback.

I get the impression that Dropbox conducts interviews even though there are no real job openings, probably just to keep tabs on the employment market.

Questions

During the online technical screen, in a shared code editor, I was asked to write code for a LeetCode medium-level question.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 11 interview experiences for the Dropbox Senior Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

9%
Pass Rate

Dropbox's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive27%
Neutral18%
Negative55%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Dropbox's Senior Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

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