Dropbox Frontend Interview

Symantec / Eng
TKEz04

Go to company page Symantec Eng

TKEz04
Aug 2, 2019 8 Comments

Yes.. here we go again. I was already looking through some existing posts, but would like to have some more input on what to expect in terms of phone screen + on-site for a frontend role @ Dropbox. Leetcode heavy? JS heavy? A mix of JS, HTML, CSS and system design for on-site?

comments

Want to comment? LOG IN or SIGN UP
TOP 8 Comments
  • Cisco
    superwater

    Go to company page Cisco

    superwater
    No leetcode, all JS, CSS and HTML
    Aug 2, 2019 0
  • Dropbox
    mEku25

    Go to company page Dropbox

    mEku25
    I shouldn’t have to say this, but know vanilla JavaScript and HTML. Nothing more painful than watching a person who only knows of HTML as Angular directives.

    There is also an architecture design question.
    Aug 4, 2019 1
    • Dropbox / Eng
      kMhc18

      Go to company page Dropbox Eng

      kMhc18
      This.

      Even though everyone in the industry pretty much works with a code editor in one monitor, and stack overflow in another, that doesn’t excuse you from knowing JS, HTML and CSS. I’ve seen people not know how to push an item onto an array without help. Or don’t know the difference between for in and for of, so we waste time during interview trying to find/fix an avoidable bug. (Don’t get fancy. Just stick with standard for loop if you don’t know the difference)

      If you want interview practice, write out the code from scratch that you normally copy and paste. It builds muscle memory.
      Aug 8, 2019
  • Dropbox / Eng
    kMhc18

    Go to company page Dropbox Eng

    kMhc18
    No. No. Yes.

    No leetcode. Questions are easy, but bar for a “good solution” is higher.
    Aug 4, 2019 0
  • Symantec / Eng
    TKEz04

    Go to company page Symantec Eng

    TKEz04
    OP
    Any gotcha questions that are commonly asked in terms of JS? Debounce, make a progress bar, make a promise using forEach are just a few I came across in other interviews.
    Aug 4, 2019 1
  • New
    kiil35

    New

    kiil35
    Aug 2, 2019 1