Dropbox Software Engineer interview experience

I had two coding rounds. In the first, I implemented an API that returned all files in a directory and created a helper to keep the logic organized. After that, I verbally discussed how I’d scale the initial approach.

Once my scaling explanation landed, I had to implement an asynchronous job using provided template code. The round also included a second part that felt like a word game: one player selects a word and the other guesses letters with feedback as hit or miss. The interviewer walked through an example to ensure I understood, and then the harder follow-up came when the word chooser