Dropbox Interview Questions and Guide

Distributed file storage, block chunking and deduplication, sync engines, and robust systems architecture.

The Dropbox interview loop

1. Recruiter screen
2. Technical phone screen (practical coding)
3. Onsite: 2 coding rounds, 1 distributed systems design, 1 behavioral

Dropbox interview questions

• Design a URL Shortener
• Design Dropbox
• Design GitHub
• Design Pastebin
• Game of Life
• Implement an LRU Cache
• Design Hit Counter
• Minimize Malware Spread
• Design an In-Memory Cloud File Storage
• Design a File Search Tool (Unix find)
• What are you looking for in your next team?
• Tell me about a time you had to compromise
• Tell me about a time you improved how your team works
• Tell me about a time you had to cut scope
• Tell me about a time you made the case for paying down tech debt