Dropbox coding interview questions
16 problems, in the order the guide teaches them. Each lesson gives the full problem, a worked solution and the follow-ups interviewers tend to add.
Dropbox system design interview questions
5 designs, each worked end to end in its own lesson, from requirements to the architecture and its trade-offs.
| # | Question |
|---|---|
| 1 | Design File SyncFree |
| 2 | Design Block Storage at Scale (Premium) |
| 3 | Design the Metadata Service (Premium) |
| 4 | Design Sharing & Permissions (Premium) |
| 5 | Design File Search (Premium) |
A lock means the design is named here and its walkthrough is Premium.
Dropbox behavioral interview questions
23 questions, grouped by what the interviewer is testing. The lesson explains why each one gets asked and what a strong answer covers.
Why Dropbox & the mission (4)
| # | Question |
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| 1 | Why Dropbox, and what do you understand about what Dropbox does today?Free |
Ownership & impact (4)
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| 2 | Tell me about a time you took ownership of a project from start to finish.Free |
Ambiguity & self-direction (1)
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| 3 | Tell me about a time you got stuck. How did you unblock yourself?Free |
Craft & simplicity (3)
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| 4 | Tell me about a time you simplified something complex.Free |
Collaboration across distance (4)
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| 5 | Tell me about a technical disagreement. How did you handle it, and what was the outcome?Free |
Trust, candor & failure (1)
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| 6 | Tell me about a mistake you made and what you learned.Free |
Handling ambiguity & self-direction (3)
Trust, candor & learning from failure (3)
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