I interviewed for Dropbox in Seattle. Initially, my recruiter informed me that I would have a phone screen, a two-hour onsite interview at the Seattle office, and a full-day loop at the headquarters.

The first phone screen seemed to go well. The interviewer was engaging, and we had a good technical conversation for the entire hour. I appreciated this aspect of Dropbox: they ask interesting, real-world scenario questions rather than standard ones like binary trees or linked lists.

After more than a week, the recruiter contacted me to say that I would have one more phone screen instead of the two-hour onsite interview in Seattle. The second phone screen went okay. The interviewer was rude. Although I solved the problem, I knew it could be improved, but there was no discussion from their end. It felt as if the most optimized solution was expected on the first attempt.

I received a thank-you email two days later.

Group duplicate files in a folder, log file manipulation, and querying.