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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

March 1, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Very pleasant interview experience. The process was pretty typical:

  • A conversation with a recruiter.
  • A technical phone screen.
  • An on-site interview, which was split over two days. This was nice in a way, but it also drew the process out.

All of the sessions felt really fair and practical, never tricky. All of my interviewers were people I would genuinely want to work with.

The only negative was delays in hearing back. I was told I would get feedback about Day 1 in 2-3 days but didn't hear back for over a week. After completing Day 2 of the on-site on a Monday, I was told I would get a hiring decision by the end of the week but received an automated rejection email the following week. The email stated that I could meet with my recruiter to get feedback, but so far, they haven't responded to two emails about it.

Questions

Typical LeetCode-style questions in algo/DS interviews.

Debugging a mobile app in one interview.

Developing a very similar app in another.

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.