I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Dropbox (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2012
Interview
I applied online and got called up by an HR woman not long after. I had to do a few phone interviews and they all went very well. I'm very experienced in what I do and it was soon made clear by my interviewers that they were very impressed and wanted me to get me on board asap. I had to go to their office in SF for a last live interview. The guy that had to interview me was arrogant, didn't listen to me and clearly didn't want to invest too much time or effort. I got the impression I wasn't 'cool' enough and the interview was over before I knew it. Soon after I got an email that I wouldn't get hired. I am really insulted by their way of hiring people. Never before have I seen such unprofessionalism. I guess some people at Dropbox are just too young to be making decisions and some people are in the wrong place.
Tip: know your stuff and THEN be extravagant, get noticed, "develop your cool" before you go. Jeans and blue shirt is too common to get accepted. Or don't bother at all. They're obviously looking for someone special.
I applied online. I interviewed at Dropbox in Apr 2026
Interview
take home OA, two technical rounds, system design and wrap up call with hiring manager. Very transparent, recruiter is there for you describing process in detail, they really want you to get hired
I did OA and phone screen. During the phone screen, the HR did not ask too much questions about myself and mainly spent time talking about next steps. And then ghost me from there. This is not a good interview experience and a timely feedback or reject would be much better.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe yourself and what is your goal in your new job
Initial coding exam with extreme difficulty, leetcode type exam with a time limit. After that you progress to an onsite interview with system design questions. The initial coding exam has about 3 multistep questions.
