I applied online and received an email from a recruiter with a link to a coding challenge.
I ended up not finishing the coding challenge in time and was rejected.
Grid Illumination: Given an N x N grid with an array of lamp coordinates. Each lamp provides illumination to every square on its x-axis, every square on its y-axis, and every square that lies on its diagonals (think of a Queen in chess). Given an array of query coordinates, determine whether that point is illuminated or not. The catch is: when checking a query, all lamps adjacent to, or on, that query get turned off. The ranges for the variables/arrays were about: 10^3 < N < 10^9, 10^3 < lamps < 10^9, 10^3 < queries < 10^9.
The following metrics were computed from 9 interview experiences for the Dropbox Software Engineer role in New York, New York.
Dropbox's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Dropbox's Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.