Process
Recruiter called and contacted me.
Phone Interview
Onsite - 4
- Coding interview, mainly file I/O.
- System Design - topics included features, sets, interfaces, class hierarchies, distributed systems, designing a system under certain constraints, simplicity, limitations, robustness, and tradeoffs.
- Behavioral interview.
Questions
How will you seek a 10 GB file without loading it into memory?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 204 interview experiences for the Dropbox Software Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
10%
Pass Rate
Dropbox's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive43%
Neutral25%
Negative31%
Candidates reported having good feelings for Dropbox's Software Engineer interview process in United States.
Dropbox Work Experiences
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.
5.0
Best place to work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
August 29, 2022
Pros: Amazing work-life balance and some of the smartest colleagues I've ever worked with.
Cons: The stock price has been stagnant.
4.0
Good, supportive culture. (Also, my first job and therefore only data point, so, grain of salt.)
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
May 17, 2020
Pros: - I have never had trouble maintaining my work/life balance.
- I have been encouraged to take my time learning things well, even when it wouldn't immediately benefit my team.
- Has a respectable engineering review process for building new systems, so they are seldom totally harebrained (though they've overhauled this process a couple of times, so this might be out of date).
Cons: - Frequent re-orgs make it hard to know who's in charge of what.
- Leans heavily towards building its own systems rather than purchasing them or using OSS.
- High-level "company goals"-type communications tend to sound completely meaningless to me.
- 5.0Great culture, great people, great companySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeptember 13, 2022Pros: - 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.
- 5.0Best place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeAustin, Texas, United StatesAugust 29, 2022Pros: Amazing work-life balance and some of the smartest colleagues I've ever worked with.Cons: The stock price has been stagnant.
- 4.0Good, supportive culture. (Also, my first job and therefore only data point, so, grain of salt.)Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesMay 17, 2020Pros: - I have never had trouble maintaining my work/life balance. - I have been encouraged to take my time learning things well, even when it wouldn't immediately benefit my team. - Has a respectable engineering review process for building new systems, so they are seldom totally harebrained (though they've overhauled this process a couple of times, so this might be out of date).Cons: - Frequent re-orgs make it hard to know who's in charge of what. - Leans heavily towards building its own systems rather than purchasing them or using OSS. - High-level "company goals"-type communications tend to sound completely meaningless to me.
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