Dropbox

Software Engineer Interview Experience - Switzerland

November 1, 2015

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had contact with a recruiter from last application season and reached out.

I was quickly scheduled for a phone screen with an engineer.

Overall, the engineer was really nice and collaborative, and the interview was very conversational.

I ended up solving the problem but took a while to get to the solution, so I was told a few days later that I wouldn't be moving on.

Dropbox overall has very applicable interview questions, not just using DS to solve arbitrary problems.

Questions

Applicable design question

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Dropbox Software Engineer role in Switzerland.

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Pass Rate

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

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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Dropbox's Software Engineer interview process in Switzerland.

Dropbox Work Experiences

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Pros: - Pays well - Remote-first policies and culture - Decent culture, depending on what team you're working on

Cons: - Recently cut parental leave, particularly for non-birthing parents. - There seem to be perpetual reorganizations; for example, I know someone who has had four different managers in the span of a year. - Cut company PTO days. - Messaging around parental benefit cuts has been pretty tone-deaf and corporate-speaky.

Not very parent friendly

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

January 24, 2024

Pros: - Pays well - Remote-first policies and culture - Decent culture, depending on what team you're working on

Cons: - Recently cut parental leave, particularly for non-birthing parents. - There seem to be perpetual reorganizations; for example, I know someone who has had four different managers in the span of a year. - Cut company PTO days. - Messaging around parental benefit cuts has been pretty tone-deaf and corporate-speaky.

Great culture, great people, great company

Software Engineer • Current Employee

September 13, 2022

Pros: - Friendly, talented, and collaborative coworkers. - Very empathetic work-life balance and company culture. - Exciting new products.

Cons: A virtual-first strategy prioritizes work from home. In-person offices are not what they used to be.

Great culture, great people, great company

Software Engineer • Current Employee

September 13, 2022

Pros: - Friendly, talented, and collaborative coworkers. - Very empathetic work-life balance and company culture. - Exciting new products.

Cons: A virtual-first strategy prioritizes work from home. In-person offices are not what they used to be.

Friendly people and good work-life balance

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September 3, 2024

Pros: Dropbox cares a lot about its employees and their work-life balance. It's a fun place to work with super talented and friendly people. There's also a lot of variety in the types of problems to solve and work to be done.

Cons: Context switching between shifting priorities sometimes hampers productivity.

Friendly people and good work-life balance

Software Engineer • Current Employee

September 3, 2024

Pros: Dropbox cares a lot about its employees and their work-life balance. It's a fun place to work with super talented and friendly people. There's also a lot of variety in the types of problems to solve and work to be done.

Cons: Context switching between shifting priorities sometimes hampers productivity.

Not very parent friendly

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

January 24, 2024

Pros: - Pays well - Remote-first policies and culture - Decent culture, depending on what team you're working on

Cons: - Recently cut parental leave, particularly for non-birthing parents. - There seem to be perpetual reorganizations; for example, I know someone who has had four different managers in the span of a year. - Cut company PTO days. - Messaging around parental benefit cuts has been pretty tone-deaf and corporate-speaky.

3.0
Not very parent friendly
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
January 24, 2024
Pros: - Pays well - Remote-first policies and culture - Decent culture, depending on what team you're working on
Cons: - Recently cut parental leave, particularly for non-birthing parents. - There seem to be perpetual reorganizations; for example, I know someone who has had four different managers in the span of a year. - Cut company PTO days. - Messaging around parental benefit cuts has been pretty tone-deaf and corporate-speaky.

Great culture, great people, great company

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September 13, 2022

Pros: - Friendly, talented, and collaborative coworkers. - Very empathetic work-life balance and company culture. - Exciting new products.

Cons: A virtual-first strategy prioritizes work from home. In-person offices are not what they used to be.

5.0
Great culture, great people, great company
Software Engineer • Current Employee
September 13, 2022
Pros: - Friendly, talented, and collaborative coworkers. - Very empathetic work-life balance and company culture. - Exciting new products.
Cons: A virtual-first strategy prioritizes work from home. In-person offices are not what they used to be.

Friendly people and good work-life balance

Software Engineer • Current Employee

September 3, 2024

Pros: Dropbox cares a lot about its employees and their work-life balance. It's a fun place to work with super talented and friendly people. There's also a lot of variety in the types of problems to solve and work to be done.

Cons: Context switching between shifting priorities sometimes hampers productivity.

5.0
Friendly people and good work-life balance
Software Engineer • Current Employee
September 3, 2024
Pros: Dropbox cares a lot about its employees and their work-life balance. It's a fun place to work with super talented and friendly people. There's also a lot of variety in the types of problems to solve and work to be done.
Cons: Context switching between shifting priorities sometimes hampers productivity.

Dropbox Interview Questions

Simple Bank System

Simulate a simple bank system that supports basic operations like deposit, withdraw, and check balance for different accounts. You will implement methods to handle these transactions and ensure validity based on account balances and existence.

Find Duplicate File in System

You are given file paths and their content. Find and return groups of duplicate files based on their content.

Game of Life

Simulate the Game of Life, updating the state of a board based on the rules of cell survival and death in each generation. Modify the board in place to represent the next generation.

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