Dropbox

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

February 1, 2021

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I received a coding challenge a few days after submitting my application to their website.

The problem was called "Escape Room Keypad".

I came up with a brute force solution, but it only passed one test spec, so my application was rejected after that.

Questions

No interview yet.

The coding challenge is called "Escape Room Keypad".

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 81 interview experiences for the Dropbox Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

10%

Pass Rate

Dropbox's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive59%

Neutral32%

Negative9%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Dropbox's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.

Dropbox Work Experiences

Best place to work so far in my career

Sotware Engineer • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pros: Good peer and leader. (Kudos to my mentor.) WLB is good. Manager has a clear growth path for me. Shipped a project that will be used by millions of users. Working on important projects.

Cons: We need to be more ambitious and move faster.

Best place to work so far in my career

Sotware Engineer • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pros: Good peer and leader. (Kudos to my mentor.) WLB is good. Manager has a clear growth path for me. Shipped a project that will be used by millions of users. Working on important projects.

Cons: We need to be more ambitious and move faster.

Not the top-tier internship it used to be

Software Engineer(Internship) • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

November 27, 2018

Pros: - Good food. - Internship prepares you really well for future work.

Cons: - Bad work-life balance - Few new projects - Many people have no life outside of work

Not the top-tier internship it used to be

Software Engineer(Internship) • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

November 27, 2018

Pros: - Good food. - Internship prepares you really well for future work.

Cons: - Bad work-life balance - Few new projects - Many people have no life outside of work

Drop the Dropbox and step back

Engineer • Former Employee

South San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: * Free food * Freedom to do other things as long as your tasks are complete * Flexibility in scheduling * No dress code or commute * Used to be able to see rewards for hard work, but that is not the case anymore

Cons: Lack of communication from management. Communication that is made is very vague. The agent community is losing enthusiasm and becoming bitter. Hard work is not recognized anymore.

Drop the Dropbox and step back

Engineer • Former Employee

South San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: * Free food * Freedom to do other things as long as your tasks are complete * Flexibility in scheduling * No dress code or commute * Used to be able to see rewards for hard work, but that is not the case anymore

Cons: Lack of communication from management. Communication that is made is very vague. The agent community is losing enthusiasm and becoming bitter. Hard work is not recognized anymore.

Best place to work so far in my career

Sotware Engineer • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pros: Good peer and leader. (Kudos to my mentor.) WLB is good. Manager has a clear growth path for me. Shipped a project that will be used by millions of users. Working on important projects.

Cons: We need to be more ambitious and move faster.

5.0
Best place to work so far in my career
Sotware Engineer • Current Employee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
March 27, 2023
Pros: Good peer and leader. (Kudos to my mentor.) WLB is good. Manager has a clear growth path for me. Shipped a project that will be used by millions of users. Working on important projects.
Cons: We need to be more ambitious and move faster.

Not the top-tier internship it used to be

Software Engineer(Internship) • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

November 27, 2018

Pros: - Good food. - Internship prepares you really well for future work.

Cons: - Bad work-life balance - Few new projects - Many people have no life outside of work

2.0
Not the top-tier internship it used to be
Software Engineer(Internship) • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
November 27, 2018
Pros: - Good food. - Internship prepares you really well for future work.
Cons: - Bad work-life balance - Few new projects - Many people have no life outside of work

Drop the Dropbox and step back

Engineer • Former Employee

South San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: * Free food * Freedom to do other things as long as your tasks are complete * Flexibility in scheduling * No dress code or commute * Used to be able to see rewards for hard work, but that is not the case anymore

Cons: Lack of communication from management. Communication that is made is very vague. The agent community is losing enthusiasm and becoming bitter. Hard work is not recognized anymore.

3.0
Drop the Dropbox and step back
Engineer • Former Employee
South San Francisco, California, United States
August 6, 2011
Pros: * Free food * Freedom to do other things as long as your tasks are complete * Flexibility in scheduling * No dress code or commute * Used to be able to see rewards for hard work, but that is not the case anymore
Cons: Lack of communication from management. Communication that is made is very vague. The agent community is losing enthusiasm and becoming bitter. Hard work is not recognized anymore.

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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