Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
December 1, 2019
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Extremely unprofessional.
The initial phone screen seemed to go well. Towards the end, the interviewer told me she would send me an email (I didn't ask her to) with details of the position and the hiring manager.
I waited a couple of days, and nothing arrived. I sent an email to her and her boss asking about the status and stating that if they were not interested, to just let me know.
Still, absolutely nothing came from either of them.
For a company this size, it seems that at least if they reached out to you for an interview and you took the time to do the interview, they would offer you the courtesy of letting you know if they were not interested.
If this behavior is indicative of the rest of the company (and first impressions are usually not that far off), it would not be a place I would want to work at.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 57 interview experiences for the Dropbox Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
18%
Pass Rate
Dropbox's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive56%
Neutral18%
Negative26%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Dropbox's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Dropbox Work Experiences
5.0
Great Food, Okay Product
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
November 2, 2019
Pros: Good food (the best part), good environment.
Cons: The product is not competitive.
Management needs some improvement.
5.0
I couldn't care less about perks, etc. I work here because the people are great
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
June 12, 2014
Pros: The company has evolved a lot over the years, and I think it's in a really great place right now. I'm happy whenever I'm working on interesting projects with people I respect. I think I got really lucky in that regard by coming to Dropbox.
This is still a place for engineers with energy and drive to do great things.
The size of our infrastructure and technical challenges is much higher than people expect. I could be working on infra for basically any company in the world right now, but I feel like I have the highest leverage and direct impact at Dropbox than at any alternative.
Cons: It's still a growing company, and we need to keep scaling the organization. How well will we handle having remote offices, or more of an org chart, or scaling communications as the company gets big? No real problems right now, but it's still a work in progress. (This is something I enjoy, by the way.)
1.0
Okay food, I guess..
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
February 25, 2020
Pros: The food is okay; they ended the bakery recently.
Cons: There is no direction or vision. A lot of leadership at the lower levels don't really know how to translate strategy into executable initiatives.
Workflows are completely siloed, and re-organizations lead to several re-hashes of the same project. Several layers of management are arbitrarily introduced to squash accountability to the individual contributor level. There's a cultural gap within teams, pronounced when members speak on professional matters in different languages.
People are praised and promoted for delivering band-aid solutions which don't address some core issues within the tech stack, and others are assigned to maintain it.
Constant turnover for some of the strategic leadership positions.
- 5.0Great Food, Okay ProductSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 2, 2019Pros: Good food (the best part), good environment.Cons: The product is not competitive. Management needs some improvement.
- 5.0I couldn't care less about perks, etc. I work here because the people are greatSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJune 12, 2014Pros: The company has evolved a lot over the years, and I think it's in a really great place right now. I'm happy whenever I'm working on interesting projects with people I respect. I think I got really lucky in that regard by coming to Dropbox. This is still a place for engineers with energy and drive to do great things. The size of our infrastructure and technical challenges is much higher than people expect. I could be working on infra for basically any company in the world right now, but I feel like I have the highest leverage and direct impact at Dropbox than at any alternative.Cons: It's still a growing company, and we need to keep scaling the organization. How well will we handle having remote offices, or more of an org chart, or scaling communications as the company gets big? No real problems right now, but it's still a work in progress. (This is something I enjoy, by the way.)
- 1.0Okay food, I guess..Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesFebruary 25, 2020Pros: The food is okay; they ended the bakery recently.Cons: There is no direction or vision. A lot of leadership at the lower levels don't really know how to translate strategy into executable initiatives. Workflows are completely siloed, and re-organizations lead to several re-hashes of the same project. Several layers of management are arbitrarily introduced to squash accountability to the individual contributor level. There's a cultural gap within teams, pronounced when members speak on professional matters in different languages. People are praised and promoted for delivering band-aid solutions which don't address some core issues within the tech stack, and others are assigned to maintain it. Constant turnover for some of the strategic leadership positions.
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