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Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

October 25, 2017
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

A recruiter reached out to me after getting my resume to schedule a phone interview.

I didn't pass, but the recruiter and engineer I spoke with were friendly, prompt, and accommodating.

Questions

How would you track hits for a web server?

Implement methods to track a hit as well as one to return the hit count for the last 5 minutes.

Once you had an implementation, they asked about runtime and storage, and how to improve both.

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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.

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