Completed a recruiter screen with the expectation set that the next round would be with the hiring manager. The recruiter ghosted me. The experience was poor as well given the recruiter was genuinely uninformed on the role and the team, including the fact that there was a separate PMM team with a VP leading it.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Dropbox (Providence, RI) in Nov 2016
Interview
They send me a HackerRank Coding Question.The HackerRank Coding Question was fairly basic and didn't require any knowledge of algorithms to solve. After I completed it, they got back to me within a few days and I had an initial phone screening interview. The question was fairly basic, about server stuff mainly and required some knowledge about problems that large companies would face.
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Question 1
Q: Write a server side function to record the number of hits a page has and another function to return the number of hits in the last 5 minutes.
4 x 30 min interviews with different interviewers focused on a particular DBX value, questions definitely focus on day to day skills needed and align with job description also. Researching company values and showcasing how you'd implement them in your answer will greatly aid you.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Dropbox
Interview
The recruiting process at Dropbox was one of the most disorganized I’ve experienced at a company of this size.
It started with a heavily proctored CodeSignal test requiring camera, microphone, and full screen recording the entire time. After passing, communication issues began. The recruiter ghosted multiple times, including for over a week, later blaming a company outing. Scheduling the final Virtual Day 1 (multiple technical rounds including a Deep Dive) took nearly two weeks.
The recruiter sent emails to the wrong address twice. After the interviews, I had to follow up myself. They claimed a rejection email had been sent (which never arrived), then offered detailed feedback and promised to reply within an hour, only to ghost again.
The final rejection mentioned “technical gaps,” even though I answered every question during the Deep Dive. No actual feedback was ever provided despite repeated promises.
For a major tech company, the complete lack of basic communication, accountability, and respect for candidates’ time was surprising and disappointing. Multiple broken promises and ghosting made the entire process feel chaotic and disrespectful.
You have been warned!
