Dropbox

User Operations Engineer Interview Experience

February 1, 2013

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was referred through a friend of a friend.

After initial email correspondence, I had a ~30 minute Skype interview with a User Ops Engineer.

I then had a second phone interview with another User Ops Engineer.

Both had been on the team for around two years and were very experienced.

After the second interview, they said they would not be moving forward.

Questions

How could Dropbox be improved?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 14 interview experiences for the Dropbox User Operations Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

7%

Pass Rate

Dropbox's interview process for their User Operations Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral36%

Negative14%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Dropbox's User Operations Engineer interview process in United States.

Dropbox Work Experiences

I can't imagine ever working anywhere else!

User Operations Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

September 25, 2012

Pros: It's incredible to work at a place that views the Dropbox product as their second greatest priority, their first being an amazing company culture.

Cons: It's going to be extremely difficult to maintain the small company feel that truly enhances productivity. I'm interested in how well each of the teams will accomplish this much-needed goal.

I can't imagine ever working anywhere else!

User Operations Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

September 25, 2012

Pros: It's incredible to work at a place that views the Dropbox product as their second greatest priority, their first being an amazing company culture.

Cons: It's going to be extremely difficult to maintain the small company feel that truly enhances productivity. I'm interested in how well each of the teams will accomplish this much-needed goal.

Growth, Great Environment, Food

User Operations Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

January 10, 2014

Pros: Lot of opportunities for growth. Great work environment. Great food.

Cons: none that I can think of

Growth, Great Environment, Food

User Operations Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

January 10, 2014

Pros: Lot of opportunities for growth. Great work environment. Great food.

Cons: none that I can think of

A dream job that did not disappoint

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

October 5, 2022

Pros: - Company culture is amazing. - People are smart, friendly, and chill. - Productive, hard-working environment despite the lack of stress. - Virtual first is awesome if you know what you're signing up for. - Ample growth and learning opportunities.

Cons: - Stock price - Need to be reasonably self-motivated to succeed

A dream job that did not disappoint

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

October 5, 2022

Pros: - Company culture is amazing. - People are smart, friendly, and chill. - Productive, hard-working environment despite the lack of stress. - Virtual first is awesome if you know what you're signing up for. - Ample growth and learning opportunities.

Cons: - Stock price - Need to be reasonably self-motivated to succeed

I can't imagine ever working anywhere else!

User Operations Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

September 25, 2012

Pros: It's incredible to work at a place that views the Dropbox product as their second greatest priority, their first being an amazing company culture.

Cons: It's going to be extremely difficult to maintain the small company feel that truly enhances productivity. I'm interested in how well each of the teams will accomplish this much-needed goal.

5.0
I can't imagine ever working anywhere else!
User Operations Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
September 25, 2012
Pros: It's incredible to work at a place that views the Dropbox product as their second greatest priority, their first being an amazing company culture.
Cons: It's going to be extremely difficult to maintain the small company feel that truly enhances productivity. I'm interested in how well each of the teams will accomplish this much-needed goal.

Growth, Great Environment, Food

User Operations Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

January 10, 2014

Pros: Lot of opportunities for growth. Great work environment. Great food.

Cons: none that I can think of

5.0
Growth, Great Environment, Food
User Operations Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
January 10, 2014
Pros: Lot of opportunities for growth. Great work environment. Great food.
Cons: none that I can think of

A dream job that did not disappoint

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

October 5, 2022

Pros: - Company culture is amazing. - People are smart, friendly, and chill. - Productive, hard-working environment despite the lack of stress. - Virtual first is awesome if you know what you're signing up for. - Ample growth and learning opportunities.

Cons: - Stock price - Need to be reasonably self-motivated to succeed

5.0
A dream job that did not disappoint
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
October 5, 2022
Pros: - Company culture is amazing. - People are smart, friendly, and chill. - Productive, hard-working environment despite the lack of stress. - Virtual first is awesome if you know what you're signing up for. - Ample growth and learning opportunities.
Cons: - Stock price - Need to be reasonably self-motivated to succeed

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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